THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4288 of 2009 Dated: 14.07.2011 Between: Guntur Venkateswara Rao & others. …Petitioners And The District Collector, Guntur District, Guntur & others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri Ravi Shankar Jandhyala Counsel for the respondents: GP for Land Acquisition The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4288 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside notification, dated 06.06.2008, issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”) to the extent of the lands belonging to the petitioners for acquisition. I have heard Sri Ravi Shankar Jandhyala, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for the land acquisition. The petitioners are the owners of the lands referred to in paragraph 2 of the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition. In order to implement the package of rehabilitation and resettlement of persons displaced under Pulichintala Project, the impugned notification was issued by the respondents, whereunder an extent of about Ac.48.00 in two blocks was proposed to be acquired for the said purpose. The petitioners filed objections in the enquiry held under Section 5A of the Act. The main objection to the proposed acquisition was that the petitioners are all small farmers and that they will be deprived of their livelihood if the land is acquired. The said objections having been rejected, the present Writ Petition is filed questioning the acquisition proceedings. This case was adjourned on more than one occasion to enable the respondents to settle the dispute amicably. Today, at the hearing, the learned Government Pleader for land acquisition stated that in respect of some of the lands covered by the same notification, awards were passed by fixing compensation of Rs.1 lakh per acre and in respect of some other lands, where the land owners came forward to give consent, a sum of Rs.10 lakhs per acre was fixed as compensation. Sri Ravi Shankar Jandhyala, learned counsel for the petitioners, fairly agreed that his clients have no objection if they are paid compensation at Rs.10 lakhs per acre, subject, however, to the condition that the possession of the lands may be taken on payment of compensation. The learned Government Pleader fairly agreed for the proposal put forth by the learned counsel for the petitioners. Having regard to the agreement between the learned counsel for the parties as above, the Writ Petition is disposed of in the following terms: a) The respondents shall pay Rs.10 lakhs (Rupees Ten lakhs) per acre as compensation by passing a consent award under Section 11(2) of the Act. b) The payment shall be made within two weeks from the date of passing of the award, and c) The respondents are entitled to take possession of the lands from the petitioners only after payment of compensation. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.5624 of 2009 and WVMP.No.2194 of 2009 are disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 14.07.2011 ES