THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.11521 of 2004 DATED: 17.03.2010 Between: Dirisala Gopal and others. .. Petitioners And The Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Irrigation & Command Area Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another. .. Respondents ORDER: Petitioners state that their lands were acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’), along with other lands, and compensation was paid under award dated 30.03.1987, which was received by them under protest. They further state that at the instance of some of the land owners, whose lands were acquired under the same notification, the matter was referred to the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Atmakur, for the purpose of adjudication with regard to quantum of compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer, under Section 18 (1) of the Act, and the Reference Court, after due enquiry, enhanced the amount of compensation awarded to them, vide common judgment dated 17.09.1998, which attained finality. Thereupon, the petitioners filed applications before the 2nd respondent- Land Acquisition Officer, on 28.05.1999, under Section 28-A of the Act, requesting him to re-determine the amount of compensation, which was received by them under protest, on the basis of the amount of compensation awarded by the Reference Court to those similarly situated claimants, but it is the grievance of the petitioners that the said applications have not been acted upon, in spite of their repeated requests. Hence, this writ petition. Today, when the matter came up for consideration, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, on instructions, submits that the applications of the petitioners, filed under Section 28- A of the Act, are still pending before the 2nd respondent- Land Acquisition Officer. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since the applications filed by the petitioners are stated to be still pending before the 2nd respondent, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “The 2nd respondent- Land Acquisition Officer shall consider the applications dated 28.05.1999 filed by the petitioners, under Section 28-A of the Act, and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 17th March, 2010 IBL