THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.5592 of 2009 ORDER: The land of the petitioner and several others was acquired by the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, under the project ‘Sites and Services’. Award was passed in the year 1982, and on an application filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, the matter was referred to the Court of III Additional District Judge, Visakhapatnam, which, in turn, was taken up as O.P.No.121 of 1991. A decree is said to have passed on 29.02.1992 and that the same was modified by this Court in A.S.No.108 of 1993, through judgment, dated 29.02.1996. The petitioner states that on account of various developments that have taken place in the interregnum, himself and others have chosen to approach the District Legal Services Authority, Visakhapatnam, to reap the benefits of the decree. His grievance is that the Court of III Additional District Judge, Visakhapatnam, is not placing the decree and other record before the District Legal Services Authority. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. The occasion for the petitioner, or for that matter any other person, to approach the District Legal Services Authority, would have arisen, if only any claim was pending. The record discloses that the O.P., was disposed of. A decree was passed in the O.P., and that the same was modified by this Court. Once the matter is decided on merits, the question of parties approaching the District Legal Services Authority does not arise. They have to file execution petition, if the balance of the decreetal amount is not deposited, and withdrawal petitions, if the amount is already in deposit. In case any of the parties have expired in the interregnum, their legal representatives are to be brought on record. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue the matter before the Court, which passed the decree in O.P.No.121 of 1991. As and when such application is filed in the O.P., the concerned Court shall dispose of the same within a period of three months from the date of its presentation. Same steps shall be taken, in case similar decrees exist on the file of the said Court. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.28.02.2011. Note: Furnish C.C. in one week. (B/o) GJ