IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4345 of 2008 Between: Mir Jaffer Ali Khan and 6 others ..... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Lakidikapul, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.MOHD.GULAM RASOOL Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4345 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not paying compensation in respect of Ac.123.00 of land, comprised in Sy.Nos.72, 326, 327, 328, 329, 414, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464 and 465 respectively, situated at Neredmet Helmet, Malkajigiri village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, as illegal. Heard Sri Mohd.Gulam Rasool, learned counsel for the petitioner. This writ petition is liable to be dismissed for more reasons than one. The petitioners did not disclose in the affidavit the exact time when the lands were purportedly acquired. Except claiming that they made representations, they have neither mentioned the dates on which the representations were made nor have filed copies thereof. If the property was acquired in the year 1998 and no compensation was paid, there was absolutely no reason why the petitioners have not availed the remedies available to them in law, for more than a decade. The writ petition, therefore, suffers from uncondonable laches, which the petitioners have not made any efforts to explain in their affidavit. In the absence of any details whatsoever regarding the purported acquisition of the petitioners’ land, this Court cannot entertain a bald writ petition of the nature of the present one. For the above mentioned reasons, the Writ Petition is dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated: 29.02.2008 Dsr