IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21909 of 2002 Between: Maragoni Jagannatham S/o late Settaiah R/o Madhapuram (V), Turkapalli (M), Nalgonda Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Nalgonda Dist. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Bhongir, Nalgonda Dist. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. N.MUKUNDA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:NONE APPEARED The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to pay compensation to the petitioner under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in respect of Ac.0.09 guntas of land comprised in Survey No.4/RU of Madhapuram Village, Turakapalli Mandal, Nalgonda District. Heard Sri N.Mukunda Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner. None appeared for the respondents. The grievance of the petitioner is that without his consent, the respondents have taken possession of Ac.0.09 guntas of land in Survey No.4/RU situated at Madhapuram Village, Turakapalli Mandal, Nalgonda District, in 1996 for the purpose of house-sites. According to the petitioner, he made several representations for acquisition of the land and payment of compensation and that the respondents had shown indifference to his requests. Hence, he filed the present writ petition. Neither a counter-affidavit is filed by the respondents nor any one represented on their behalf at the hearing. Though the petitioner claimed that he is the owner of Ac.0.09 guntas of land in the above mentioned survey number and filed a copy of pahani patrika for 1996-97, he has not filed any material in support of his claim that he made representations as averred in this writ petition. The petitioner also failed to explain the inordinate delay of about 6 years in approaching this Court. Be that as it may, as the petitioner complains of taking over of his property by the respondents without following due process of law, the petitioner is permitted to make a representation to respondent No.1 within a period of six (6) weeks from today. He shall also file relevant documents along with his representation in support of his claim that he is the owner of the above-mentioned property. If such a representation is made by the petitioner, respondent No.1 shall dispose of the same by passing appropriate order, within a period of eight (8) weeks thereafter, and communicate the same to the petitioner. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 20th FEBRUARY, 2009. kvni