IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.19204 of 2002 Between: Gavaraju Meeramraju and four others. … Petitioners And The Special Collector, Land Acquisition, Telugu Ganga Project, Near APSRTC Bus Stand, Nellore and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri Ch.C.Krishna Reddy. Counsel for respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not referring the dispute raised by the petitioners regarding ﬁxation of market value of their lands acquired by the respondents under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) to the civil Court, as illegal and arbitrary. A perusal of the record shows that the lands, in respect of which DKT pattas were issued to the petitioners, were acquired for construction of Kandeleru Reservoir of Telugu Ganga Project. Not being satisﬁed with the amount of compensation/exgratia awarded to the petitioners in respect of the said lands, they approached the respondents with a request to refer the dispute to civil Court under Section 18 of the Act. Admittedly, the lands have not been acquired by notifying the same under the provisions of the Act. They were resumed by invoking the conditions contained in the pattas and in terms of the executive orders issued by the State Government. Certain amounts of compensation/exgratia were paid to the petitioners. A person, whose lands are acquired under the provisions of the Act, alone is entitled to seek reference of the dispute under Section 18 of the Act for ﬁxation of proper market value. As, admittedly, the petitioners’ lands were not acquired under the provisions of the Act, they are not entitled to seek such a relief. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. ----------------------- ----------------- C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:07-08-2008 MNR