IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 23088 of 2008 Between: 1 Palle Rajeswara Reddy S/o. Late P. Sow Reddy,. LAAS NO. 2315/04) R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 Pasula Linga Reddy S/o. Late Pedda Venkata Reddy LAAS NO. 2193/04) R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 Pasula Ramana Reddy S/o. Balaswamy Reddy LAAS NO. 2318/04) R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 4 Boreddy Venkat Reddy S/o. Late Chenna Reddy LAAS NO. 2254/04) R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 5 Kummati Srinivas Reddy S/o. Chinna Venkata Reddy, LAAS NO. 2246/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 6 Sreesla Krishna Murthy S/o. Balanna, LAAS NO. 2194/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 7 Pasula Narayana Reddy S/o. Balaswamy Reddy LAAS NO. 2188/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 8 Palle Pedda Subba Reddy S/o. Late Nagi Reddy (Died) his L.R. Palle Raghava Reddy, aged 50 yrs, (O.P.No. 39/1993), LAAS NO. 22243/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 9 Pasula Ramachandra Reddy S/o. Late Rami Reddy LAAS NO. 2295/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 10 Pasula Pullamma S/o. Late Narayana Reddy LAAS NO. 2253/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 11 Palle Chinna Subba Reddy (Died ) his L.R. P. Pulla Reddy S/o. Late Chinna Subba Reddy, LAAS NO. 2293/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 12 Palle Bala Rami Reddy S/o. Seshi Reddy LAAS NO. 2252/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 13 Kummati Siva Rami Reddy S/o. Ch. Venkata Reddy, LAAS NO. 2195/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 14 Palle Rami Reddy S/o. Late P. Nagi Reddy LAAS NO. 2296/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 15 Palle Veera Reddy S/o.. Late P. Sow Reddy LAAS NO. 2192/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 16 Smt. Palle Subba lakshmamma W/o. Late Chowdeswara Reddy LAAS NO. 2187/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 17 Ambati Veera Reddy S/o. Sunki Reddy (Died ) His L.R. Narayana Reddy, LAAS NO. 2196/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 18 Kuruva Chinna Maddilety S/o. K. Maddileti LAAS NO. 2189/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 19 Kuruva Ch. Ramudu S/o. K,. Maddilety LAAS NO. 2190/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 20 Ambati Maddilety Reddy S/o. Ambati Nadipi Pakkir Reddy LAAS NO. 2191/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 21 Kuruva Katubadi Pedda Ramudu S/o. K. Maddiety, LAAS NO. 2292/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 22 Ambati Shankar Reddy S./o. Late Ch. Pulla Reddy LAAS NO. 2255/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 23 Kuruva Bala Maddilety (Died) his L.R. Kuruva Chenamma W/o. Late Kuruva Bala Maddilety, (O.P. No. 47/1993) LAAS No. 2235/04 24 Kuruva Kattubadi Maddileti (Died) Per L.R. Nadipi Chenamma W/o. Late Kuruva Kattubadi Maddilety, (O.P. No. 154/1993) LAAS No. 2314/04 R/o. Bathulurupadu Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. 25 M. Veera Reddy S/o. Veera Reddy (O.P. No. 158/1993) LAAS No. 2258/04 R/o Bathulurupadu,Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Special Deputy Collector (LAO) S.R.B.C. Nandyal, Kurnool District. 2 The Income Tax officer, Ward No.1 Nandyal, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue appropriate writ order or orders and more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein not to deduct any amount from the compensation amounts payable to the writ petitioners pursuant to the orders passed by the Hon'ble Court in A.S. Nos. 2187, 2188, 2189, 2193, 2235, 2246, 2253, 2292, 2293, 2314, 2315, 2295, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2219, 2243, 2252, 2254, 2255, 2258,. 2294, 2296 and 2318 of 2004 in conﬁrming the decrees of the Civil Courts towards Income Tax and to pay the said amount to the petitioners forthwith and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI.M.SUBBA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents.: SRI.S.R.ASHOK & SRI V.R.BADRI (SC FOR INCOME TAX) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 23088 of 2008 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a direction to the respondents not to deduct any amount from the compensation amounts payable to the writ petitioners pursuant to the orders passed by the Court in A.S. Nos. 2187, 2188, 2189, 2193, 2235, 2246, 2253, 2292, 2293, 2314, 2315, 2295, 2190, 2191, 2192, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2219, 2243, 2252, 2254, 2255, 2258,. 2294, 2296 and 2318 of 2004 conﬁrming the decrees of the Civil Courts towards Income Tax, and to pay the said amount to the petitioners forthwith. Heard the learned counsel and perused the material available on record. When this matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court that this matter is squarely covered by an unreported order of the Division Bench of this Court passed in W.P.No:19025 of 2005, dated 13 th August, 2005. Recording the above submission coupled with the present facts and circumstances of the case, we direct that there shall not be any deductions from the interest. It is needless to observe that this order is conﬁned to only the interest on the compensation amount. Subject to the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari __________________________ Justice Ramesh Ranganathan Date:22nd October, 2008 nn/gurc. THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 23088 of 2008 (Order delivered by the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) 22/10/2008