THE HONBLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.12538 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: The petitioner herein claims to be the owner and possessor of 400 sq. yards of land in Sy.No.4, situated at Gachibowli Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, which was allegedly acquired for the purpose of road widening by the department of Roads & Buildings. The petitioner alleges that in spite of the fact that he had purchased the said land under a registered sale deed and mutation was also effected in the revenue records on 17.06.2005, his name was not reflected in the notification dated 13.10.2005 published under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and that he was not aware of the proceedings till the land was actually utilized by the respondents. It is also the case of the petitioner that when he made an application seeking compensation, the matter was referred to the Tahsildar, Serilingampally Mandal, who called for a report and such report was submitted on 30.04.2008 to the 2nd respondent/Land Acquisition Officer. Thereafter, the 2nd respondent by letter dated 2.05.2008 requested the 3rd respondent to furnish his remarks, whether the land belonging to the petitioner was utilized for road widening or not, so as to enable him to issued a “Land Acquired Certificate” as requested by the petitioner. Alleging that no further steps were taken by the respondents and, consequently, the petitioner is deprived of the compensation, to which he is entitled to, this writ petition is filed. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for the Land Acquisition appearing for respondents 1 and 2. As could be seen from the material on record, since the representation made by the petitioner seeking compensation is pending before the 2nd respondent and a report was also called for from the 3rd respondent, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to expedite the proceedings and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall also be a further direction to the 3rd respondent herein to furnish his remarks, if not already furnished, as required by the 2nd respondent in his letter dated 2.5.2008 within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. 30.07.2008. Note: Furnish CC in one week. (Bo) Kgr IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.12538 of 2008 Between: T. Balaji S/o. T. Venkatanarayana, R/o. Plot No.109, Road No.10 "C", M.L.A. and M.P. Colony, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 District Collector, Ranga Reddy District. 2 Land Acquisition Officer and The Revenue Divisional Officer, Serilingampally Mandal, Chevella Division, Ranga Reddy District. 3 Executive Engineer (Roads & Buildings), City Road Division, A.C. Guards, 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 will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to pass award after giving opportunity to the petitioner and further pay compensation to the petitioner for the land to an extent of 400 Sq. yards or 3.5 guntas out of 6 guntas in Sy.No.4 situated at Gachibowli Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District acquired in pursuance of the notification under section 4(1) and section 6 of Land Acquisition Act vide No. R.R.No.165, dated 13.10.2005 and No.G2/4606/2005, dated 18.11.2005 and issue the land acquired certificate to the petitioner and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: Mrs. A.JAYANTHI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION Government Pleader for Roads & Buildings The Court made the following: