IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 16906 of 2008 Between: 1 S.S.N.K. Sai S/o. Seethapathi Rao R/o. U.S.A. and rep. by GPA Holder, Seethapathi Rao, R/o. Plot No.117, Flat No.302, Aashray Elegant Apartment, Road No.3, Street No.7, West Maredpalli, Secunderabad. 2 S.L. Katyayini D/o. Sreepathi Rao rep. by GPA Holder, Seethapathi Rao, R/o. Plot No.117, Flat No.302, Aashray Elegant Apartment, Road No.3, Street No.7, West Maredpalli, Secunderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of Mandamus directing the court below viz., the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam to take up O.P.No.15/2003 of his ﬁle for trial expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.R.V.SUBBA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16906 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁeld aggrieved by the delay in deciding O.P.No.15 of 2003 on the ﬁle of the Court of Principal Senior Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam, which was taken up on a reference made under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader and keeping in view that the acquisition is of the year 1977 and award was passed in the year 1980 and even the reference is pending before the Civil Court from the year 2003, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to dispose of O.P.No.15 of 2003 as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 05-08-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in 3 days. B/o KLP