IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 26189 of 2008 Between: D. Bojjamma W/o. Parvath Reddy R/o. Ambatipally Village of Lilngal Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Mandal Revenue Officer (LAO), Lingala Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Nagarkurnool Revenue Division, Mahaboobnagar District. 3 The District Collector, Mahaboobnagar District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents in not referring the protest claim of the petitioner to the Civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act for adjudication of enhancement of compensation in respect of the land S.No.731 extent Ac.4-16 guntas dry situated at Ambatipalli Village of Lingal Mandal, as arbitrary, unconstitutional, illegal and void and consequently direct the respondents to refer the claim of the petitioner to the Civil Court as per the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act OR Alternatively this petitioner prays that the Honourable Court may be pleased to direct the respondents to pay the compensation on square yard basis, as per the existing market value within the vicinity of the subject land. Counsel for the Petitioner :MRK.SREENIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU Writ Petition No.26189 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to refer the matter to a competent civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’). It appears, the land of the petitioner was acquired way back in the year 1982. It is the grievance of the petitioner that in spite of acquiring her land; conclusion of land acquisition proceedings and payment of compensation, the respondents have not referred the matter as required under Section 18 of the Act, though such an application was made within time and the petitioner received the compensation under protest. There is no necessity to go into all the details. The learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondents, on instructions, submitted that the matter has been examined by the respondents and has been referred to civil Court, i.e., the learned Senior Civil Judge’s Court, Nagarkurnool under Section 18 of the Act on 29.01.2009. In the circumstances, nothing survives for adjudication. The writ petition is accordingly closed. ____________ C.V. Ramulu, J Date:22.04.2009 VGB