(A. GOPAL REDDY, J)

1. WA No.1407/2000 under Cl.15 of the Letters Patent by (1) State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Chief Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad; (2) District Collector and District Magistrate, Hyderabad District, Hyderabad and (3) Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, is directed against the judgment/order dt. 28-8-2000 allowing WP No.15050/1993 by the learned single Judge of this Court awarding compensation of one crore rupees for the damage of the property belongs to the writ petitioner on the aftermath of assassination of late Rajiv Gandhi.

2. To put very shortly, the essential admitted facts, which give rise to filing of the writ petition, are thus:

On the wide spread news about assassination of late Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of this country on 21-5-1991, large scale violence erupted throughout the country including in the State of Andhra Pradesh, and twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad on the night of 21-5-1991, where large scale destruction of property, private and public, in different parts of the State. On coming to know about the incident of assassination and since Sri N.T. Rama Rao was the leader of opposition, the M