HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6776 of 2010 7th April 2010 Between: Manohar Mulchand Khemani and others … PETITIONER(S) and The Project Director and Special Collector, Outer Ring Road Project, Tarnaka, Hyderabad and others … RESPONDENT(S) HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6776 of 2010 ORDER: Heard Sri P.Srinivas, Learned Counsel for the petitioners and Sri Y.Ravindra, learned Standing Counsel for the Outer Ring Road. At their request the writ petition is being disposed of. Petitioners herein seek a declaration from this Court that the action of the second respondent, in passing Award No.3/2006 in proceedings dated 18.04.2008, in so far as petitioners plots are concerned be declared as illegal, arbitrary and opposed to the compensation package announced under G.O.Ms.No.14 dated 18.12.2006, the minutes of the Project Level Committee dated 09.04.2008, and in violation of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India. The award is challenged on several grounds which need not be gone into in as much as the subject matter of this writ petition is covered by a judgment of this Court in W.P.No.3656 of 2010 dated 25.02.2010. In the aforesaid judgment, this Court noted the submission of the learned Standing Counsel that notices were not served on the petitioners because their names were not reflected in the Revenue Records; the Government had given a package to land loosers in the Outer Ring Road project, but such package was not extended to the petitioners as they had not approached the competent authorities. This Court also noted the submission that the respondent authorities were ready to extend the package benefits to the petitioners also, as per their entitlement. On the ground that notices were not issued to the petitioners before the impugned award was passed, and as the respondents were ready and willing to extend the package benefits to the petitioners therein also, this Court set aside Award No.3/2006 in proceedings dated 18.04.2008 to the extent of plots owned by the petitioners only and directed the respondents to consider the claims of the petitioners therein as they were expressing their consent to receive the compensation package and pass an appropriate award, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. The petitioners lands are also covered by Award No.3/2006. It is also their case that notices were not served on them and that they are ready and willing to accept the compensation package offered by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.14 dated 18.12.2006. In such circumstances, Award No.3/2006 in proceedings dated 18.04.2008 is set aside to the extent of the plots owned by the petitioners, and the respondents are directed to consider their claims in the light of their consent to receive the compensation package offered by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.14 dated 18.12.2006 and pass an appropriate award within a period of two months 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 7th April 2010 CVRK