JUDGMENT :

(C.V. Bhaskar Reddy, J.)

Heard Mr. Parsa Ananta Nageswara Rao, learned Government Pleader attached to the office of learned Advocate General for the appellants and Mr. P. Sri Raghuram, learned Senior Counsel representing Mr. A.Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners.

2. This writ appeal is directed against the order of the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.26405 of 2012, dated 17.08.2016.

3. Appellants are the respondents in the writ petition. For the sake of convenience, the parties hereinafter are referred to as they are arrayed in the writ petition.

4. Learned Single Judge allowed W.P.No.26405 of 2012 directing the respondents not to interfere with the possession of the petitioners in respect of the land admeasuring 988.49 square metres, 983.70 square metres, 1025.98 square metres covered by Survey No.563/1 situated at Bagh Amberpet, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as, the subject land). It was further directed that if the respondents intended the said land to be used as a water body for the benefit of local people to perform Bathukamma festival, they shall acquire the same by paying compensation under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Tra