THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.S. APPA RAO A.S. Nos. 1542 and 1780 of 1998 COMMON JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) These two Appeals are ﬁled by the Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition), Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, aggrieved by the orders passed in O.P.No. 243 of 1998 on the ﬁle of the I Additional Subordinate Judge, Visakhapatnam and O.P.No. 762 of 1996 on the ﬁle of the III Additional District Judge at Visakhapatnam. The Land Acquisition Oﬃcer acquired diﬀerent extents of land situate in Kurmannapalem Village, Visakhapatnam District, by issuing a notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the purpose of providing sites and services under L.A.D. Scheme and paid the necessary compensation. Not satisﬁed with the said quantum, the claimants requested the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer to refer the matter to a competent civil Court, under Section 18 of the Act. On reference, the civil Court, based on the oral and documentary evidence, enhanced the compensation. Aggrieved by the said enhancement, the Special Deputy Collector preferred these appeals. In O.P. No. 243 of 1998, against which order, A.S.No. 1542 of 1998 has been preferred, the learned Judge ﬁxed the market value at Rs.18/- per square yard. In O.P.No. 762 of 1996, which order was challenged in A.S.No. 1780 of 1998, the learned Judge enhanced the market value to Rs.20/- per square yard. Learned counsel on either side submit that the subject matter of these appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in A.S.No. 1782 of 1999 and batch, dated 28.01.2011 This Court in A.S. No. 1782 of 1999 and batch, where the subject land is situate in Kurmannapalem Village, acquired for the very same purpose, conﬁrmed the market value of the land at Rs.20/- per square yard, as held by the reference Court. It is not in dispute that these matters are covered by the judgment in the above said Appeal. Therefore, both these Appeals are dismissed, conﬁrming the market value fixed by the respective reference Courts. No costs. ---------------------- (V. ESWARAIAH,J) ---------------------------- (K.S. APPA RAO, J) 28th November 2011 ksld