THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.12517 of 2009 DATE: 30-3-2010 Between: 1. Smt. Kusuma Kumari and another .. Petitioners and Land Acquisition Officer cum Revenue Divisional Officer Chevella Division, Attapur, Hyderabad .. Respondent THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.12517 of 2009 ORDER: Heard Sri H.Yogesh Kumar, Learned Counsel for the petitioners and the learned G.P. for Land Acquisition and, at their request, the writ petition is being disposed of at the interlocutory stage. The action of the respondent in not depositing the decretal amount in respect of the land acquired is questioned in this writ petition as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioners would submit that the respondent had acquired their land admeasuring Acs.1.21 gts in Sy.no.353/2 and Ac.0-18 gts in Sy.No.354/2 total admeasuring Acs.1-39 gts situated at Kulkacherla village, Rangareddy District under the Land Acquisition Act; section 4(1) notification was issued on 18.4.1996 and award was passed on 10.4.1997; on a reference being sought the matter was referred to the Civil Court in O.P.No.40 of 1997; the Senior Civil Judge, Vikarabad fixed the market value at Rs.50/- per square yard; and the order of the Senior Civil Judge, Vikarabad in O.P.No.40 of 1997 has attained finality. The petitioners filed E.P.No.4 of 2006 in O.P.No.40 of 1997 for realization of the differential value amounting to Rs.9,42,250/-. It is their grievance that, despite E.P. being filed four years ago, the respondents were repeatedly taking time on one pretext or the other thereby denying the petitioners their right for compensation for the land acquired. The petitioners would seek a direction from this Court to the respondents to deposit the decretal amount to the credit of the E.P. Since the petitioners have already invoked the jurisdiction of the Senior Civil Judge, Vikarabad in E.P.No.4 of 2006 in O.P.No.40 of 1997, I see no reason to simultaneously entertain a writ petition seeking the very same relief. However, considering the fact that the E.P. has been pending for the past more than 4 years, I consider it appropriate to direct that E.P.No.4 of 2006 in O.P.No.40 of 1997 be disposed of at the earliest, in any event, not later than four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Let a copy of this order be forwarded to the Senior Civil Judge, Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. ___________ 30-3- 2010 asp