THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V ESWARAIAH THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE K.S. APPA RAO A.S. NO. 2239 of 2000 DT.5.12.2011 Between: The Special Deputy Collector, LA Unit Huzurabad, Warangal … Petitioner And Manda Saraiah and others … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: G P for Appeals Counsel for respondents: Sri B Narayana Reddy The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V ESWARAIAH THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE K.S. APPA RAO A.S. NO. 2239 of 2000 JUDGMENT : (Per Sri Justice K.S. Appa Rao) Aggrieved by the order in O.P. No. 178 of 1989 dated 26.3.1998 on the ﬁle of the II Additional Senior Civil Judge, Warangal, the present appeal is ﬁled by the Special Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition Unit, Huzurabad. An extent of Ac.18.12 guntas, Venkatapoor and Rangapur villages, Warangal district was acquired by issuing notiﬁcation under Section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act dated 24.11.1987 for the purpose of S.R.S.P. canal. The Land Acquisition Oﬃcer, after due enquiry, awarded the compensation of Rs.7,000/- per acre and on protest by the claimants, the matter was referred under Section 18 of the L.A. Act. The reference Court, after due enquiry, enhanced the market value of the acquired lands and ﬁxed at Rs.22,000/- per acre. Aggrieved by the said enhancement, the present appeal is filed. Heard the learned counsel on either side and perused the material available on record. The point for consideration in this appeal is; “Whether the enhancement of compensation from Rs.7,000/- to Rs.22,000/- by the reference Court is just and reasonable and whether the order under appeal is sustainable? Before the reference Court, on behalf of the claimants P.W.1 to P.W.3 were examined and documents in Ex.A1 to A.4 were marked. On behalf of the referencer P.W.1 was examined and documents in EX B1 and B2 were marked. The reference Court, placing reliance on the judgment of this Court in A.S. No. 1427 of 1992 and batch dated 24.3.1994 arising out of orders passed in O.P.No. 211 of 1988 on the ﬁle of the Subordinate Judge, Warangal, enhanced the compensation and awarded Rs. 22,000/- per acre. Though the lands covered by Ex.A2 situate in Akinepalli village and the lands acquired in the present case situate in diﬀerent villages i.e., Venkatapur, Rangapur and Laxmipur, the fact remains that they form part of o n e mandal i.e., Mogulapalli mandal, Warangal district. Further for the similar purpose lands in Akinepalli village were acquired under Ex.A2 and compensation of Rs.20,000/- per acre was granted, which on appeal to this Court in A.S No. 1427 of 1992 and batch was conﬁrmed by orders dated 24.3.1994. Having regard to the fact that the notiﬁcation in respect of lands covered by Ex.A2 was about 2 years prior to the notiﬁcation in the present case, the reference Court by giving reasonable escalation ﬁxed the marked rate at Rs.22,000/- per acre, which is just and reasonable compensation and needs no interference by this Court. For the foregoing reasons, the order under appeal dated 26.3.1998 is conﬁrmed on all counts and the appeal is hereby dismissed. No costs. _____________ V ESWARAIAH,J _____________ K.S. APPA RAO,J DATE:05.12.2011 TVK