IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 6311 of 2007 Between: 1. Chintala Dhanalakshmi W/o.Basavalinga Reddy, R/o.Madaram village, Ghatakeswar mandal R.R.District 2 Chintala Nanamala Manemma W/o.Late Narender Reddy R./o.Madaram village, Ghatakeswar mandal R.R.District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Nalgonda District. 2 The Asst.Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department Bhongir Mandal, Nalgonda District .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.VENUGOPALA RAO PASNOORU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR IRRIGATION. The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents, in taking over the lands of the petitioners without initiating the Land Acquisition Proceedings, as arbitrary and unconstitutional. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation, on instructions, submitted that in pursuance of the requisition made by the respondents in the year 2005, the Land Acquisition Officer required the respondents to deposit a sum of Rs.10 lakhs to enable them to initiate the Land Acquisition Proceedings, and in response to the same, the respondents deposited the sum of Rs.10 lakhs under two installments of Rs.5 lakhs each on 04-03-2006 and 31-03-2006. The learned Assistant Government Pleader further stated that the respondents are pursuing the Land Acquisition Officer to initiate Land Acquisition Proceedings at the earliest possible time, and that survey has already been conducted, and the notification in this regard will be issued under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, within a period of four or five weeks. The submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Irrigation is placed on record and the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to ensure that the Land Acquisition Proceedings are initiated and completed within a period of three months. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No. 8061 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 25-04-2008 LUR