APHC010223372018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA WRIT PETITION No.9774 OF 2018 Between: 1. Karumanchi Murali, S/o.Late Satyanarayana, aged 61 years, Occ: Cultivation, R/o.Dorasanipadu Village, Dwaraka Tirumal Mandal, West Godavari District, and others. ...Petitioners AND 1. State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary to Government. Irrigation and Command Area Development Department, (Water Resources) Department, Secretariat, Amaravathi, and others. ...Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners : Mr.D.Sarath Kumar Counsel for the Respondents: G.P. for Irrigation & C.A.D., G.P. for Land Acquisition The Court made the following ORDER: The grievance of the petitioners, in the present writ petition, is that the respondents are not referring the petitioners’ claim for determination of just compensation under Section 64 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (for short, Act 2013), pursuant to the Award Notices in Roc.No.81/2016 issued by respondent No.4 in spite of making a representation dated 20.11.2017 as illegal, arbitrary etc., and for a consequential direction to respondent No.4 to refer the petitioners’ claim for determination of market value in respect of the subject matter land. 2 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners made submissions with reference to various averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. However, the same need not be dealt with in detail in view of the latest instructions dated 24.11.2025 furnished by the Special Deputy Collector (L.A.), PIPRMC, Unit–II, Eluru, for perusal of this Court, wherein it is, inter alia stated that the petitioners received compensation for the properties acquired under protest. In the said instructions, it is also stated as follows: “It is further submitted that the then Land Acquisition Officer and Special Deputy Collector (L. A) has not referred the matter to the LA R&R Authority, Vijayawada The Presiding Officer, LA R&R Authority, Vijayawada post is vacant. Now, the Presiding Officer, LA R&R Authority, Tirupathi is kept in charge for the post of the Presiding Officer, L.A. R&R Authority, Vijayawada In view of the above the petitioners plea for referring the claim to the competent authority for determination of justifiable compensation under Section 64 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 by considering the application/representation dated: 20 11 2017 Hence, the case will be referred to the LA R&R Authority, Vijayawada.” 3. In the light of the above position, the writ petition is disposed of, providing that the respondent No.4 shall take expeditious action for referring the claim of the petitioners under Section 64 of the Act 2013, as the acquisition is of the year 2017, at any rate, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ NINALA JAYASURYA,J November 24, 2025 vasu