ORDER :

1. The petitioners, who are the displaced persons under Polavaram Irrigation Project, have sought a writ or direction in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 2 to 6 in not extending financial assistance for construction of houses by them under resettlement and rehabilitation package fixed by the State Government under Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition (Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Act, 2013 (for short the Act 30 of 2013).

2. The petitioners 1, 2 and 8 are teachers. The petitioners 3 and 9 are employed in Police Department. The petitioner No. 5 is a Lab Assistant and the petitioner No. 4 is a Physical Director. The petitioners 6 and 7 are Home Makers. They claim that they are all residents of Mamidigondi Village, Polavaram Mandal, West Godavari District.

3. Mamidigondi Village was affected by submergence under Indira Saagar Project, which is Polavaram Irrigation Project. The petitioners claim that they had permanent houses in this village and where they were residing, employed in different professions and positions. They were all evacuated from Mamidigondi village during the year 2014-15 on account of the land acquisit