HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.3464 of 2010 Date: February 22, 2010 Between: Smt. B. Anjinamma, W/o. B.C. Govindappa, Aged about 45 years, Housewife, R/o.D.No.10-A/315, Near Vegetable Market, Kalyandurg village and Mandal, Anantapur District … Petitioner And The Joint Collector, Anantapur District, and another … Respondents Order: This writ petition is filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of respondents in not referring the matter to the civil court, in spite of her representations dated 20-01-2010 and 21-01-2010, pursuant to passing of award Rc.(G)1041/2008, dated 10-07-2009 as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner was the owner and possessor of lands to an extent of Ac.0.25 cents in Sy.No.294-2 and Ac.4.41 cents in Sy.No.47-1A in Kalyandurg village and Mandal, Anantapur District. The aforesaid lands were notified for acquisition for the purpose of construction of Neelakantapuram Sreerami Reddy Drinking Water Project. Before passing of the award, respondents have negotiated with the petitioner for fixation of price for the said lands, by initiating proceedings under the A.P. Land Acquisition (Negotiations Committee) Rules, 1992. In the said proceedings, the petitioner agreed to part with her lands and entered into agreement as prescribed under Form-III of the said Rules. Based on the said agreement, the Land Acquisition Officer passed award, awarding package compensation of Rs.5,45,501/- to her. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted representations seeking to refer the matter to the civil court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. On the ground that though she sought reference of the matter to the civil court, respondents have not acted upon the same; she filed the present writ petition. A perusal of the award dated 10-07-2009 passed by the Land Acquisition Officer, i.e. the Revenue Divisional Officer, Dharmavaram, makes it clear that the same is a consent award. Though from the recitals of the said award it is clear that the petitioner has consented to part with the lands in question, when it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has not given any consent for passing of the award, the matter was adjourned on the last occasion so as to enable the learned Government Pleader to obtain instructions and report. When the matter is taken up, today, learned Government Pleader has placed before this court relevant record, including form-III, prescribed under the A.P. Land Acquisition (Negotiations Committee) Rules, 1992. A perusal of the same indicates that the petitioner, by signing on form-III, entered into agreement, based on which consent award was passed. In view of the fact that the award is passed based on the negotiations made with the petitioner and pursuant to the agreement entered into by her, it cannot be said that the petitioner has not agreed for passing of the award in question. In the circumstances, I see no ground to direct the respondents to refer the matter to the civil court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J February 22, 2010 MRR