HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.12427 of 2007 Date: August 8, 2011 Between: Priyadarsini Dalita Samkshema Sangham, Krishna District, rep. by its President Devarapalli Prasada Rao, R/o.Ramavarappadu village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District and others … Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others … Respondents Order: Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not finalizing acquisition proceedings in respect of the land admeasuring Ac.8.71 cents covered by Sy.No.86 of Ramavarappadu village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District as illegal and arbitrary. On the representation made by the 1st petitioner, a society registered under the Societies Registration Acts, 1860, land acquisition proceedings were initiated and notification and declaration under Sections 4(1) and 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 were issued on 04.04.1996 and 09.04.1996 respectively notifying the aforesaid land, which belongs to Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Devasthanam. It is the case of the petitioners that in spite of the fact that the value of the land is deposited, respondents are not finalizing the acquisition proceedings. In the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, it is stated that as much as no award was passed within the prescribed statutory period, proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 are lapsed. It is also to be noticed that the very initiation of proceedings appears to be per se illegal as much the proceedings are taken up on the requisition of the 1st petitioner, which is a society. As much as the very proceedings initiated under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 are lapsed, as award was not passed within the statutory period, and further, the amount deposited by the petitioners is also refunded, no relief as prayed for can be granted. Writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ___________________________ (R.SUBHASH REDDY, J) August 8, 2011 MRR