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.23675 of 2002 Between: Golla Bhomanna and six others. … Petitioners And The State of A.P., reptd., by its Secretary, (Irrigation & CAD) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri V.Manohar Rao. Counsel for respondents: AGP for Land Acquisition. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to pay compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) in respect of the lands of the petitioners comprised in Survey Nos. 110, 116, 118, 124, 127, 130 and 145 of Nagapipri village, Mudhole Manda, Adilabad District, and acquired by the respondents. At the hearing, Sri V.Manohar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the petitioners were already paid exgratia in terms of the executive instructions issued by the State Government, but they are entitled to payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Act in view of the judgment of the Larger Bench (seven Judges) of this Court in Land Acquisition Oﬃcer-cum-Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer Vs. Mekala Pandu 1). The learned counsel, however, admitted that the judgment in the said case was questioned in a civil appeal before the Supreme Court and the same was suspended. In view of the same, the petitioners are not entitled for payment of compensation under the provisions of the Act unless the judgment of this Court in Mekala Pandu (1 supra) is conﬁrmed by the Supreme Court. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed with a direction to the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act in the event the Supreme Court upholds the judgment of this Court in Mekala Pandu (1 supra). --------------------------------------- - C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date:07-08-2008 MNR 1) 2004 (2) ALT 546