IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24309 of 2008 Between: M. Rajavardhan Reddy, S/o. M. Ram Reddy, R/o. Thomalapalli Village, Pebbair Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner of Social Welfare Department, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Mahaboob Nagar District, Mahaboob Nagar. 3 The LAO Cum Sub Collector, Gadwal, Mahabubnagar (District), A.P. .....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 of Mandamus, or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction, directing the respondents 1 to 3 herein to deposit the entire decretal amount to the credit of E.P.No. 44 of 2008 in O.P.No. 205 of 1996 on the ﬁle of the Sr. Civil Judge, Gadwal. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.MANOHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner claims that his land in an extent of Acs.6.00 in survey Nos.19/2 and 21/2 of Tommalapalli Vi l l age, Pebbair Mandal, Mahabubnagar District, was acquired in the year 1995, for providing house sites to the poor. Not being satisﬁed with the award passed by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer, the petitioner sought for reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. It was taken up as O.P.No.205 of 1996 by the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Wanparthy, and a decree was passed on 28.04.2000. A.S.No.2469 of 2000 ﬁled by the State against the decree of the trial Court was dismissed on 28.08.2007. The petitioner states that the respondents have not deposited the balance of compensation so far. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. It is only on 28.08.2007 that the decree, passed in respect of the land acquired from the petitioner, became final. It cannot be said that there was delay of years together in complying with the decree. All the same, the early deposit of the balance of compensation would relieve the State of the obligation to pay interest on solatium and market value, apart from other liabilities. Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing that the respondents shall deposit the balance of the decreetal amount within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ Dt.17.11.2008 L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J GJ