THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.5502 of 2011 ORDER: The property of the petitioner to an extent of Ac.0.4 cents of land in Survey No.109/2 of Dinnedevarapadu Village, Kurnool Mandal and District was acquired by the National Highways Authority for widening of National Highway No.7. An award was passed by respondent No.2 on 12.02.2008 fixing the compensation for the land as well as the structures. Not satisfied with that, the petitioner sought for arbitration under Section 3G (5) of the National Highways Act (for short ‘the Act’) before respondent No.1, who was nominated as Arbitrator. The application in this regard is said to have been acknowledged by respondent No.1 on 26.05.2009. The grievance of the petitioner is that no orders were passed by respondent No.1 so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. The Act prescribes the procedure for acquisition of land, determination and for arbitration, in case the owners of the acquired property are not satisfied with the compensation decided by the Land Acquisition Officer. The petitioner has availed the remedy before respondent No.1. In case the application filed by the petitioner was in order, respondent No.1 ought to have taken necessary steps and dispose of the matter by this time and on the other hand, the application is defective in any manner, the same ought to have been informed to the petitioner. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing respondent No.1 to consider the application submitted by the petitioner under Section 3G (5) of the Act and pass appropriate orders within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If respondent No.1 is of the view that either that he has not received any application from the petitioner or that it is defective, he shall communicate the same to the petitioner, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J Dt.14.03.2011. kdl