IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 28034 of 2008 Between: K.Chenna Reddy, S/o. Chinna Varava Reddy, nedara Peta Village and Post, Kondapuram Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Special Deputy Collector (LA), G.N.S.S. Unit -III, Muddanoor, Kadapa 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 to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondentw in not considering the representations dated 12.05.2008 and 15.11.2008 to referring the awards passed in favour of the petitioner to the appropriate Civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, as illegal, improper, unjust and ocntrary to law and further direct the respondents to refer the awards to the Civil Court forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MAHADEVA KANTHRIGALA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.28034 of 2008 ORDER: According to the petitioner his lands were acquired by invoking the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (the Act, for brevity). Though award was passed and compensation has been paid, his grievance is that the compensation paid to him is not in tune with the market value. Therefore, he sought for reference under Section 18 of the Act to the Civil Court and in this regard he made representations dated 12.05.2008 and 15.11.2008. Complaining that the said representations are not being considered till date, the present writ petition is filed. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representations dated 12.05.2008 and 15.11.2008 filed by the petitioner, pass appropriate orders as per law within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the order to the petitioner. No costs. ________________ (C.V. RAMULU, J) 18th March, 2009 GHN To 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Special Deputy Collector (LA), G.N.S.S. Unit -III, Muddanoor, Kadapa District. 3 2CCs to GP for Land Acquisition 4 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS}