IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9038 of 2005 Between: Bandaru Satyanaraya Murthy, S/o. Chinna Satyam, Vadapalem Village, Kothapet Mandal, E.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Land Acquistion Officer-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, E.G.District. 2 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kothapet, E.G.District. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RADHA KRISHNA POLISETTY Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : O R D E R: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for hearing and disposal. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition for the respondents. This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to consider notice dated 18-03-2000 and pay compensation in respect of Ac.0.71 cents in R.S.No.703/3 of Vadapalem Village, Kothapet Mandal, East Godavari District. The above mentioned land was acquired along with other lands for providing house sites to poor people and Award No.17/1979, dated 15-11-1979 was passed for an amount of Rs.45,585.73 ps. It is stated in the counter-affidavit filed by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District that possession of the land could not be taken as one of the land owners namely Bandaru Venkateswaramma filed writ petition in this Court questioning the acquisition and this Court granted stay of dispossession of the land of the writ petitioner by order dated 19-11-1979. It is further averred that while excluding the lands covered by the said writ petition, the lands belonging to the petitioner and one Bandaru China Satyam were taken possession by the Government and the installment amount of compensation in respect of Ac.0.71 cents of the petitioner was kept in revenue deposits under Challan No.520, dated 18-03-1980 as the petitioner failed to turn up to receive the compensation. The petitioner has not filed any reply-affidavit contradicting the averments contained in the counter-affidavit. Inasmuch as the respondents have taken the specific plea that the compensation amount is kept in deposit and they are prepared to pay the same to the petitioner, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to pay the entire compensation amount for the extent of Ac.0.71 cents belonging to the petitioner and acquired by the respondents, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.11891 of 2005 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Dated 18th June, 2008 vrn