The State Of Telangana And Ors Revenue (Land Acquisition) Department Secretariat Telangana Rep By Special Officer In Charge Ms. V. P. Joisy Office Of The Advocateon Record vs. Ananth @ Ananth Rao& Ors.

COURT NO.10

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Item No.10: Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C)........./2017 (CC Nos. $5877 - 5888/2017$ )

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 16/11/2016 in WA Nos.12/2016, 123/2016, 13/2016, 135/2016, 14/2016, 15/2016, 16/2016, 17/2016, 22/2016, 25/2016, 259/2015 and 260/2015 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh)

STATE OF TELANGANA AND ORS ETC ETC

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

D. MAHESH KUMAR ETC ETC (With appln. (s) for $c$ /delay in filing slp) Respondent(s)

WITH S.L.P.(C)...CC No. 6126/2017 (With appln. for permission to file SLP and Office Report)

With

Item No.57: SLP(Civil)...CC Nos.6127-6128/2017 (With appln. for c/delay in filing SLP and office report)

With

SLP(Civil)...CC No.6786/2017 (With appln. for permission to file SLP and office report)

SLP(Civil)...CC No.6811/2017 (With appln. for c/delay in filing SLP and office report)

SLP(Civil)...CC No.6813/2017 (With appln. for permission to file SLP and interim relief <pre>and office report)</pre>

SLP(Civil)...CC No.6812/2017 (With appln. for permission to file SLP and office report)

Date : $31/03/2017$ These petitions were called on for hearing today.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.K. AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR For Petitioner(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi,AG Mr. Ranjit Kumar,SG Mr. Rama Krishna Reddi,Adv.General Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar,Adv. Mr. Vivek Reddy,Adv. Mr. Piyush Dwivedi,Adv. Mr. Parteek Dhir,Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Krishnan Venugopal,Sr.Adv. Mr. Ashish Rana,Adv. Mr. A.T.M.Sampath,Adv. Mr. Rahul Nagpal,Adv. Mr. Annam D.N.Rao,Adv. Mr. Annam Venkatesh,Adv. Mr. Sudipto Sircar,Adv. Mr. Rahul Mishra,Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Permission is granted to file special leave petitions.

Delay condoned.

Issue notice.

Mr. Ashish Rana, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in Writ Appeal No.22 of 2016.

Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks.

Two weeks' time thereafter is granted for filing rejoinder affidavit .

Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned Attorney General appearing on behalf of the petitioners states that if the final order which may be passed in these petitions goes against the petitioners and it is held that the new Act i.e. Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is applicable, then the petitioners shall pay the enhanced compensation along with the interest, as may be specified by the Court.

Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondents submitted that the possession has already been taken by the petitioners.

If that be so, the petitioners may continue with the development.

The amount already deposited shall be paid over to the claimants.

However, where the possession of the land of any respondent has not yet been taken over, the petitioners are permitted to take the possession of those lands and also deposit the entire amount as awarded under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which amount shall be paid over to the respective claimants and the petitioners may continue with the development.

List these matters in the second week of July, 2017.

Court Master Court Master

(Anita Malhotra) (Chander Bala)

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