IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 1234 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 17/09/2008 in WP NO : 24996 OF 2006 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Chintham Reddi Chinna Venkata Subbaiah @ C.C. Venkata Subba Reddy S/o Subbaiah 2 Chintham Reddi Pedda Venkata Subbaiah s/o Subbaiah 3 Chintham Reddi Venkateswara Reddy S/o Pedda Venkatasubba Reddy 4 Chintham Reddi Kamakshiah S/o Subbaiah 5 Chintham Reddi Krishna Reddy S/o Ramaiah 6 Chintham Reddi Srinivasulu Reddy S/o Ramaiah 7 Chintham Reddi Subba Rami Reddy S/o Subbaiah (All R/o Rekalakunta Village, Gopavaram Mandal Cuddapah District. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND 1 The Special Collector, (Land Acquisiton) Telugu Ganga Project 7 GNSS Kadapah, Kadapah District. 2 The Special Deputy Collector (LA) Telugu Ganga Project, Unit-II Mamillapalli, Kadapa District. 3 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by Secretary, Irrigation and CAD Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant:MR.N.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) Being aggrieved by the order dated 17-9-2008 passed in W.P.No. 24996 of 2006, this appeal has been filed. In our opinion, the petition was practically allowed, but the appellants-original petitioners feel that they may not get some benefit in future and thereby this appeal has been filed. Without going into the history with regard to the litigation, we only record the fact that notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) was issued on 2-3-2007. In the said notiﬁcation, according to the learned Advocate appearing for the appellants, though there are structures on the land in question, there is no reference with regard to the said structures in the notiﬁcation and, therefore, the petition was ﬁled so as to see that compensation in respect of the structures is also paid to the petitioners. After hearing the learned Advocates, the learned Single Judge has given the following directions in the operative portion of the order. (a) the 1st respondent shall take steps to publish notiﬁcation under Section 6 of the Act, in respect of the land in question, within a period of one (1) month from today; (b) During the course of award enquiry, the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer shall take into account, the plea raised by the petitioners, as regards the structures, as well as the report submitted before this Court, by the Advocate-Commissioner. (c) Since an earlier set of proceedings has elapsed, on account of the delay in passing the award, it shall be ensured that the award is passed as early as possible and not exceeding six (6) months from the date of publication of the notiﬁcation under Section 6 of the Act.” Learned Advocate appearing for the appellants has submitted that there are all chances that the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer may not follow the directions given by the learned Single Judge. We do not see any substance in the said submission, because the revenue authorities are bound to follow the directions given by this Court. Apart from that, it would be open to the appellants to adduce necessary evidence before the reference Court if the compensation awarded is not adequate. The Advocate-Commissioner, who was appointed by this Court on 20-7-2007, has submitted a detailed report stating that there were structures on the land in question. All these facts can be brought to the notice of the concerned authorities at an appropriate time. The report of the Advocate- Commissioner is very much on record. In our opinion, it is not proper to state at this stage that the compensation, which might be awarded to the appellants would not be adequate. The apprehension is not well-founded and, therefore, the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. ______________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ _________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 26th September, 2008 GRR