HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.28882 of 2011 Date: 4-11-2011 Between: M. Narayana and others .. Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Secretary, Irrigation & Command Area Development Department, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners: Sri Y. Venkata Satyam Counsel for respondent No.1 : -- Counsel for respondent Nos.2 & 3 : Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a mandamus to declare award No.20/08-28A, dated 18-6-2008, to the extent it has restricted payment of interest to 9% per annum from the date of filing of the applications by the petitioners under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short "the Act") and to 15% per annum from the expiry of one year and till the date of payment, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri Y. Venkata Satyam, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that an identical issue was decided by this Court in Government of Andhra Pradesh and others Vs. Musalikoppu Janardhana and others [1]. I have perused the Judgment in the said case rendered by me on behalf of the Division Bench wherein this Court while confirming the Judgment of the learned single Judge held that there is no justification for the Land Acquisition Officer to deny payment of interest to the claimants therein as per the provisions of the Act instead of restricting the same from the date of redetermination of the compensation under Section 28-A of the Act. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition has not disputed that the issue raised in this Writ Petition is identical to that decided in the said Judgment. Following the dicta laid down in the said Judgment, this Writ Petition is allowed in terms thereof. As a sequel, WPMP No.35712/2011 is disposed of as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 4-11-2011 AM [1] 2009(2) ALD 567 (DB)