IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20173 of 2002 Between: Maddisetty Venkata Narasaiah and another. … Petitioners And The Special Collector, Land Acquisition, Telugu Ganga Project, Nellore and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri Ch.C.Krishna Reddy. Counsel for respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not acquiring the land admeasuring Ac.1-62 cents in Survey No.13-1 of Penubarthi village, Rapur Mandal, Nellore District, as illegal and arbitrary. Heard Sri Ch.C.Krishna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition for the respondents, and perused the record. An extent of Ac.4.19 cents out of Ac.6.53 cents in Survey No. 13-1 of Penubarthi village, Rapur Mandal, Nellore District, was acquired under notiﬁcation dated 12-1-1991 issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) for the purpose of construction of Kandeluru Reservoir of Telugu Ganga Project. The petitioners were paid compensation in respect of the said extent of Ac.4.91 cents. But the grievance of the petitioner is that with the acquisition of major portion of the said land, the petitioners were denied the possibility of irrigating the left over land rendering the same uncultivable. In my considered view, the petitioner is entitled to seek higher compensation for severance under the provisions of the Act and a separate Writ Petition for this purpose cannot be maintained by the petitioners. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is dismissed. -------------------------- -------------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:07-08-2008 MNR