HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITON No.4686 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is the owner of an extent of Ac.1.95 cents of land in R.S. No.526/2A of Kamavarapukota Village and Mandal, West Godavari District. It was acquired in the year 1982 for providing house sites to the poor and an award was passed on 18-05-1982 fixing the market value at Rs.8,000/- per acre. On a reference made at the instance of the petitioner, the Court of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Eluru, enhanced the compensation to Rs.25,000/- per acre in O.P. No.7 of 1987. The decree passed by the Civil Court is said to have become final. Initially, the petitioner filed E.P. No.296 of 1999 for recovery of the amount covered by the decree. It is said to have been closed on certain technical grounds. Recently, the petitioner filed E.P. No.72 of 2007. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have not deposited the amount covered by the E.P. so far. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition. 3. In the ordinary course, the petitioner has to proceed against the judgment debtor, i.e., the respondents as provided for under Order – XXI CPC. However, being the State, the respondents cannot avoid its liability to pay decreetal amount, particularly, when the land was acquired for a public purpose. There cannot be any justification for the respondents in omitting to deposit the amount so far. 4. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing that the respondents shall deposit the amount covered by E.P. No.72 of 2007 on the file of the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Eluru, within a period of two (2) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J March 08, 2011. KTL