HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY A.S. No. 274 OF 1998. DATED 9TH MARCH, 2010. BETWEEN: The Government of Andhra Pradcesh, rep. By Land Acquisition Officer, Tahsildar, Ramayampet …..Appellant/RO. and Shiva Reddy and others … Respondents/Claimants. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY A.S. No. 274 OF 1998. JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This Appeal ﬁled by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, is directed against the judgment and decree dated 23.4.1990 passed in O.P.No. 76 of 1986 by the learned Subordinate Judge, Medak, whereby the Reference Court enhanced the market value ﬁxed by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer at Rs.4,000/- per acre to Rs.4/- per square yard, i.e. Rs.62,920/- per acre for the lands acquired. The appeal against Respondent No.1 has been dismissed for default by order dated 20.3.1997 on the ground that the appellant failed to bring the Legal Representatives of the deceased ﬁrst respondent on record. Further, notice sent to Respondent No.4 returned un-served with postal endorsement ‘party expired’. So far no steps have been taken to bring Legal Representatives of Respondent No.4 on record. In the result, the appeal stands abated as against Respondent Nos. 1 and 4. It is well settled that once the appeal is dismissed as abated against some of the respondents, the same is liable to be dismissed as against remaining respondents.(See: State of Punjab v. Nathu Ram (AIR 1962 SC 89) and Papanna v. State of Karnataka (1996) 1 SCC 291). In view of the above, the present appeal is liable to be dismissed and accordingly the same is dismissed. No order as to costs. ----------------------------------------- JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY -------------------------------------------- JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY DATED 9T H MARCH, 2010. Msnr.