JUDGMENT :

Dhiraj Singh Thakur, J.

The present writ appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dtd. 21/2/2023 passed by the Writ Court in W.P.No.2976 of 2022, whereby the writ petition has been dismissed.

2. In the writ petition, the petitioners had challenged the Endorsement dtd. 19/11/2021 issued by the Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Revenue Divisional Officer (Deputy Collector), Eluru, whereby the application of the petitioners under Sec. 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act of 1894') was rejected on the ground of abnormal delay.

3. Sec. 28A of the Act of 1894 reads thus:

"28A. Re-determination of the amount of compensation on the basis of the award of the Court:-

(1) Where in an award under this Part, the court allows to the applicant any amount of compensation in excess of the amount awarded by the Collector under Sec. 11, the persons interested in all the other land covered by the same notification under Sec. 4, sub-sec. (1) and who are also aggrieved by the award of the Collector may, notwithstanding that they had not made an application to the Collector under Sec. 18, by written application to the Collector within three months from the date of the