HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.7200 of 2010 28th April 2010 Between: Koduri Ekambareswara Babu and others … PETITIONER(S) and The Project Director and Special Collector (L.A.), Outer Ring Road Project, HMDA Complex, Tarnaka, Hyderabad and another … RESPONDENT(S) HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.7200 of 2010 ORDER: The relief sought for in this Writ Petition is for a direction to the respondents to refer the matter, under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), to the Civil Court for awarding appropriate market value for the acquired residential plots bearing nos.73, 109, 160, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 185, 186, 195, 196, 197, 206, 207, 208, 212 and 215 totally admeasuring 5,846.5 sq. yards in and out of Sy.Nos.307 and 308 of Dommara Pochampally Village, Quthbullapur Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, by the respondents in Award proceedings dated 03.05.2008. A counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the second respondent. Sri Y.Ravindra, learned Standing Counsel for the Outer Ring Road, would submit that, since the addresses of the awardees were not available, the copy of the Award could not be served on them as required under Section 12(2) of the Act and, in that view of the matter, the petitioners’ application seeking reference under Section 18 of the Act was within time. In view of the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel, I consider it appropriate to direct the respondents to make a reference under Section 18 of the Act to the appropriate Civil Court within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 28th April 2010 CVRK Note: Issue copy within one week. B/o CVRK