HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.34479 of 2011 Date: 29.12.2011 Between: Menda Thavitamma and 49 others. ..... Petitioners And: Government of A.P., Reptd by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Hyderabad and two others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri M.Viswanadham Counsel for the Respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition The Court made the following: ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners in this Writ Petition is that even though the issue relating to fixation of market value of the acquired lands for passing an award under Section 11(2) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, was referred to State Level Negotiation Committee, respondent No.2 herein, the said respondent has not taken any decision so far. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, representing the respondents, on instructions, stated that as a consensus could not be reached for fixation of the market value at the District Level Negotiation Committee, the issue was proposed to be referred to respondent No.2, and that, as certain aspects needed to be clarified, the Chairman of the District Level Negotiation Committee, i.e., the District Collector, has referred the file to respondent No.3 for giving clarification and that the file is now pending with respondent No.3. In the light of the grievance of the petitioners that the respondents are not acting with reasonable dispatch, respondent No.3 is directed to place the file before the District Collector, who is the Chairman of the District Level Negotiation Committee, after giving the required clarification, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The District Collector, Srikakulam, shall, within two weeks thereafter, forward the file to respondent No.2 and within one month after receipt of the file, respondent No.2 shall complete the process and return the same to respondent No.3 for passing appropriate award. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.42913 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 29th December 2011 DR