ORDER :

Heard the learned counsel Sri Ch. Ravi Kumar, appearing on behalf of the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1, 4 and 7, learned Government Pleader for Irrigation and Commercial Area Development for respondent No.2, learned Advocate General appearing on behalf of respondent No.3 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.5 and 6.

2. The petitioner approached the court seeking prayer as under:

“…to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent authorities in proceeding to take away the possession of the lands of the petitioners and taking up construction works without completing the payment of compensation as well as Rehabilitation and Resettlement entitlements to the petitioners as required under the law, pursuant to declarations vide Proc.No.G/555/2017, dated 01.01.2017 and 16.05.2017 as illegal and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondent authorities to immediately refer all the pending applications of the petitioners to the competent authority u/s. 64 of the Act 30 of 2013 and complete the provision of Rehabilitation and Resettlement entitlem