IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION No.11726 of 2000 Between: Kondakindi Sadasiva Reddy S/o Lachaiah @ Lachi Reddy R/o Marriguda Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector Nalgonda District 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer Nalgonda District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order or a direction or Writ more particularly a Writ in the nature of Mandamus declaring the in action of the respondents in not initiating the award enquiry proceedings in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and A.P. Amendments Act, Nos. 22/1976 and 68/1984 though more than 13 months of time lapsed from the date of issuance of Sec.4 notice on 14/5/1999 and the sec.5-A enquiry is dispensed with invoking urgency clauses to the detriment inconvenience and loss of the petitioner as arbitrary, illegal and violative of the principles of natural Justice and for consequential directions to commence the statutory enquiry and pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.PRATAP REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: G.P.FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following: ORDER: Being aggrieved by the inaction of the respondents in not finalizing the land acquisition proceedings by passing an award and fixing the compensation payable to the petitioner, this writ petition is filed. None appears on either side. This writ petition is pending consideration from the year 2000. Though it was admitted, no interim orders were passed. By this time, the respondents might have concluded the land acquisition proceedings and paid the compensation to the petitioner. Even if the respondents, till today, have not passed any award and paid compensation to the petitioner, the respondents should conclude the land acquisition proceedings by way of passing an award and pay the compensation to the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________ ELIPE DHARMA RAO,J Dated: 14.07.2005 Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The District Collector, Nalgonda District 2. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Nalgonda District 3. Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 4. Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MUK}