IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 14412 of 2008 Between: 1 Palla Kistaiah S/o. Kotaiah R/o. Gudi Malkapur, Mellacheruvu Mandal, Nalgonda District. 2 Chilakala Bal Reddy S/o. Jagannath Reddy R/o. Gudi Malkapur, Mellacheruvu Mandal, Nalgonda District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Irrigation Department, C.A.D.A, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Special Collector, SRSP & SLBC, Clock Tower, Nalgonda. 3 The Land Acquisition Officer & Special Deputy Collector (LA) SLBC Unit-II, Gandhamvari Gudem, Nalgonda. .....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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents herein in not passing an Award and paying compensation to the petitioners herein as per the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in clear violation of the orders of the Hon'ble High Court dt. 28.09.1999 in W.P.No.19950 of 1999 as confirmed by the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP Civil Judgment dt. 27.10.2003, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to forthwith pass an award and pay compensation to the lands of the petitioners herein which were acquired vide Notification dt. 29.12.1982 of the 1st respondent herein, and to grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MRS.S.NANDA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR IRRIGATION & COMM AREA DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 14412 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action on the part of the respondents in not passing award and not paying the compensation to the petitioners as per the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in terms of the order of this Court dated 28-09- 1998 in W.P.No.19950 of 1999 as confirmed by the orders of the Supreme Court by order dated 27-10-2003 is arbitrary and illegal. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondents, keeping in view that the representation of the petitioners for payment of compensation in terms of the order of this Court in W.P.No.19950 of 1999 as upheld by Supreme Court is pending before the respondents, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 15-07-2008 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date:18-07-2008 Note: Issue C.C. in two days. B/o KLP