IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos. 19894, 19895, 19896, 19898 and 19899 of 2008 Writ Petition No.19894 OF 2008: Between: 1 G. Damodar Reddy S/o. Late G. Sathi Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 G. Rajasekhar Reddy S/o. Late G. Sathi Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 G. Narsamma W/o. Late G. Sathi Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Secretary to Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary to Government of A.P., Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 4 The Land Acquisition Officer, (Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division), Athapur, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to deposit the enhanced compensation with all other statutory beneﬁts to the petitioners herein to the credit of E.P.No.79/2005 in O.P.No.195/1996 on the ﬁle of II Addl. Senior Civil Judge, R.R. District at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. WRIT PETITION NO : 19895 of 2008 Between: Smt. M.Vetoba Bai, W/o. M.Seshapathi Naidu, represented by his G.P.A. Holder G.Yadi Reddy, R/o. Shivarampalli Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Secreary to Government of A.P., Secreariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary to Government of A.P., Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 4 The Land Acquisition Officer, (Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division), Athapur, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents herein to deposit the enhanced compensation with all other statutory beneﬁts to the Petitioners herein to the credit of E.P.NO.78/2005 in O.P.NO.194/1996 on the ﬁle of II Addl. Senior Civil Judge, R.R.District at L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad. WRIT PETITION NO : 19896 of 2008 Between: 1 K.Ramachandra Rao, S/o Krishna Rao Shivarampalli(V) Rajendranagar(M), Ranga Reddy Dist 2 Smt J.Hymavathamma, W/o Narayana Shivarampalli(V) Rajendranagar(M), Ranga Reddy Dist 3 G.Yadi Reddy, S/o G.Krishna Reddy, Shivarampalli(V) Rajendranagar(M), Ranga Reddy Dist 4 Smt G.Suvarna, W/o.Yadi Reddy Shivarampalli(V) Rajendranagar(M), Ranga Reddy Dist ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Secretary to Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Secretary to Government of A.P., Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 4 The Land Acquisition Officer (Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division), Athapur, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to deposit the enhanced compensation with all other statutory beneﬁts to the petitioners herein to the credit of EP No.77/2005 in OP No.126/1995 on the ﬁle of II Addl. Senior Civil Judge, R.R District at L.B Nagar, Hyderabad. WRIT PETITION NO : 19898 of 2008 Between: 1 P. Venkat Reddy, S/o. Yella Reddy, R/o. Shivarampalli Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 P. Sudarshan Reddy, S/o. P. Buchi Reddy, R/o. Shivarampalli Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 3 G. Narsamma W/o. Late G. Sathi Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Secretary to Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary to Government of A.P., Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 4 The Land Acquisition Officer, (Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division), Athapur, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to deposit the enhanced compensation with all other statutory beneﬁts to the petitioners herein to the credit of E.P.No.80/2005 in O.P.No.198/1996 on the ﬁle of II Addl. Senior Civil Judge, R.R. District at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. WRIT PETITION NO : 19899 of 2008 Between: 1 G. Penta Reddy S/o. Chenna Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, R.R. District. 2 G. Satyanarayana Reddy S/o. Chenna Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, R.R. District. 3 G. Prathap Reddy S/o. Chenna Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, R.R. District. 4 G.Laxmikanth Reddy S/o. Chenna Reddy R/o. Kattedan Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, R.R. District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Secretary to Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Secretary to Government of A.P., Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad. 4 The Land Acquisition Officer (Revenue Divisional Officer, Chevella Division) Athapur, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to deposit the enhanced compensation with all other statutory beneﬁts to the petitioners herein to the credit of EP No. 81/2005 in OP No.205/1996 on the ﬁle of II Addl. Senior Civil Judge, R.R. District at L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.VENKATA RAM REDDY PANDUGA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NOs.19894, 19895, 19896, 19898 and 19899 of 2008 COMMON ORDER: The complaint of the petitioners in these writ petitions is about non-payment of compensation for their lands that were acquired by the respondents for the purpose of formation of inner ring road. 2. The possession of the lands of the petitioners in various survey numbers was taken on 14.02.1992 by respondent Nos.3 and 4. Notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) was published on 17.05.1983 and award was passed on 04.01.1995 determining the market value at the rate of Rs.80/- per sq.yard. Not being satisﬁed with the compensation awarded by the 4th respondent, the petitioners sought for reference under Section 18 of the Act. The Civil Court, to which reference was made, enhanced the compensation to Rs.160/- per sq.yard. The appeals preferred by the respondents on the one hand and the Cross Objections by the petitioners on the other hand, against the decrees passed by the trial Court, were dismissed on 26.07.2007. The Execution Petitions ﬁled by the petitioners in the year 2005 are said to be pending. The grievance of the petitioners is that the balance of the compensation amount was not paid so far. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. 4. It was only on 26.07.2007 that the market value of the land acquired from the petitioners assumed ﬁnality. Though it cannot be said that there was undue delay on the part of the respondents in complying with the decrees, having regard to the fact that the lands were acquired way back in the year 1992, the matter cannot brook any further delay. The acquisition was for the purpose of formation of inner ring road. It is a matter of common knowledge that compensation for the lands acquired for outer ring road in the recent past was also paid. 5. The writ petitions are, accordingly, disposed of directing that the respondents shall pay compensation to the petitioners as determined by this Court, vide common judgment, dated 26.07.2007, in Appeal Suit Nos.365 of 2005 and batch, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J 12.09.2008 v v