IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 18487 of 2008 Between: Mohd.Munavvar Ahmed S/o.Mohd.Ibrahim R/o.H.No.16-9-583/A,Sai Baba Nagar Old Malakpet, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND The Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, office at Tank Bund, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT 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 issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent herein in not consideration the representation submitted by the petitioner dated 9.4.2008 seeking to refer the matter of A/1472 of 2006 to the competent Civil Court, as illegal, and arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondent herein to refer the matter pertaining to the Award No.A./1472 of 2006 to the competent Civil Court, Hyderabad pursuant to the representation dated 9.4.2008 and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon`ble court deems ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MRS.V.NAGARAJA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 18487 of 2008 O R D E R: The property belonging to the petitioner herein namely a Mulgi bearing No.16-7-808/10 situated in Old Malakpet, Hyderabad was acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) for a public purpose and consequently an award was passed by the respondent herein ﬁxing the compensation of Rs.4,76,100/- and a notice under Section 12(2) of the Act dated 28-02-2008 was served on the petitioner to that eﬀect. The petitioner, having received the compensation under protest, made a representation on 09-04-2008 seeking reference to the competent Civil Court under Section 18 of the Act. Aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondent in making a reference as sought by him, the present writ petition is filed. Having heard the learned counsel or the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing for the respondent and having regard to the fact that the representation made by the petitioner was received in the oﬃce of the respondent on 09-04-2008, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent to consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 26-08-2008 Note: Issue c.c. in 3 days. B/o KLP