IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY APPEAL SUIT No.2571 AND 2621 OF 1999 Between: Land Acquisition Officer (Mandal Revenue Officer), Vemsoor. … Appellant And Bolla Anjaneyulu … Respondent This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY APPEAL SUIT No.2571 AND 2621 OF 1999 COMMON JUDGMENT: - (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) These two appeals by the Land Acquisition Officer (Mandal Revenue Officer), under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for brevity, “the Act”), directed against the common order passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Sathupally in O.P.Nos.416 of 1989 and 36 of 1991, dated 26.07.1999, are heard together and being disposed of by this common judgment. An extent of 1-10 guntas of dry land in S.No.274/4 covered by O.P.No.416 of 1989 and Ac.1-20 guntas of dry land in S.No.247/A covered by O.P.No.36 of 1991 situated at Bhimavaram were acquired for providing house sites to the backward classes and other weaker sections of Bhimavaram village, through notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Act dated 12.02.1986. The Land Acquisition Officer passed an award on 12.08.1987 fixing the market value of the acquired lands at Rs.6,000/- per acre. Claimants having not satisfied with the said fixation, sought for reference to the civil Court under Section 18 of the Act. In O.P.No.416 of 1989, a memo was filed to club O.P.No.416 of 1989 and O.P.No.36 of 1991 and both the O.Ps were clubbed together and evidence was let in O.P.No.416 of 1989. Claimant in O.P.No.416 of 1989 was examined as P.W.1, claimant in O.P.No.415 of 1989 was examined as P.W.2 and the vendor of the sale deed under Ex.A2 was examined as P.W.3 and Exs.A1 and A2 documents were marked. The Mandal Revenue Officer was examined as R.W.1 and Ex.B1 was marked. The reference Court after taking into consideration the award passed by the reference Court in O.P.Nos.411, 413, 415, 417 and 418 of 1989, whereby the compensation awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer at Rs.6,000/- per acre was enhanced to Rs.15,000/- per acre; the sale deed under Ex.A2, which was marked as Ex.A1 in the above cases; and the evidence of P.W.3, who was also one of the witnesses and who was examined as P.W.2 in the above cases, fixed the market value of the acquired lands at Rs.15,000/- per acre. The award passed in O.P.Nos.411 and 414 of 1989 has been confirmed by this Court in A.S.Nos.762 and 783 of 1997, dated 06.07.2004 and 26.07.2001 respectively, fixing the compensation at Rs.15,000/- per acre. Further A.S.Nos.774, 777, 790 and 798 of 1997 filed against O.P.Nos.417, 415, 418 and 413 of 1989 have also been dismissed by order dated 20.08.2001 confirming the fixation of the market value at Rs.15,000/- per acre. Since the present O.Ps., against which the present appeals are filed, are left over matters from the above batch of O.Ps., they were also liable to be dismissed following the above judgment, confirming the fixation of the market value fixed by the reference Court at Rs.15,000/- per acre. Accordingly, both the appeals are dismissed. No order as to costs. __________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ____________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 12th April 2010 lmv