IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY A.S.No.2086 OF 1999 Between: - The Mandal Revenue Officer, (Land Acquisition Officer), Sangem. …Appellant A n d O.Vanaja Devi ….Respondent HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY A.S.No.2086 OF 1999 JUDGMENT:: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) This appeal, under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act by the Land Acquisition Officer-cum- Mandal Revenue Officer, Sangem, is directed against the order of the Senior Civil Judge, Warangal passed in O.P.No.223 of 1988 dated 03-11-1998, whereby the Reference Court answered the reference in favour of the claimant enhancing the market value of the acquired land to Rs.25,000/- as against Rs.7,500/- awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer. 2. The Reference Court, after taking into consideration the market value fixed by the Court below in O.P.No.30 of 1988 and other O.Ps at Rs.22,500/- per acre for dry land and Rs.25,000/- per acre for wet lands of the same village, fixed the market value of the acquired land at Rs.25,000/- as against Rs.7,500/- awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer. The lands in the above O.Ps., were acquired for the purpose of excavation of Kakatiya Canal, whereas the lands in question are acquired in the same village Lohitha for the purpose of providing house sites. The market value fixed by the Court below in O.P.No.30 of 1988 and batch was Rs.25,000/- per acre. 3. The learned Government Pleader fairly represented that the appeals in A.S.Nos.2178 of 1999 and 3716 of 2004 filed against O.P.Nos.102 of 1990 and 16 of 1988 respectively, which were disposed of along with O.P.No.30 of 1988 and batch, have been dismissed by this Court on 13-10-2004 confirming the fixation of the market value at Rs.25,000/- by following the earlier judgment of this Court in A.S.No.2140 of 1999 dated 16- 04-2001. 4. In view of the same, the present appeal is also dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ____________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J Dated 23rd March, 2010 Lrkm/Bss.