HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY DT. 21-4-2010 AS No.2853/1999 The Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition Oficer) Unit Warangal, … Appellant V. 1. Kantharakuntl Narsaiah through his son Ramachandra Reddy and others. ..Respondents The Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY AS No.2853/1999 JUDGMENT: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This appeal under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) by the Special Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition Officer, Unit Warangal, is filed questioning the enhancement of compensation made by the Senior Civil Judge, Warangal in OP No.143/1990 dt. 30-6-1999. An extent of Ac.5-07 guntas of land situated in various survey numbers of Mucherla village was acquired by the Government for the purpose of excavation of Sriram Sagar Project canal by issuing a draft notification under Sec. 4(1) of the Act on 11-3-1987. The Land Acquisition Officer after duly complying with the necessary formalities passed an award on 16-7-1998 (Ex.B-1) fixing the market value of the acquired land at Rs.10,000/-per acre. Dissatisfied with the fixation of the market value, the claimants sought for reference under Section 18 of the Act to the civil court, where the claimants filed claim statements claiming compensation at Rs.1,00,000/- per acre. Before the reference court, on behalf of the claimants, P.Ws.1 to 3 were examined and Exs.A-1 to A-3 were marked. On behalf of the Referring Officer, Special Deputy Collector, Sriram Sagar Project was examined as R.W.1 and Exs.B-1 and B-2 were marked on his marked. P.Ws.1 and 3 are the claimants 1 and 2 herein respectively, whereas P.W.2 is one of the claimants in OP No.3/89, whose land situated in Mucherla village was acquired by the Government in the year 1983. The Land Acquisition Officer fixed the market value for the land acquired in the year 1983 belonging to P.W.2 at Rs.8000/- per acre and on a reference, the reference court enhanced the market value at Rs.30,000/- per acre. For the lands acquired in the year 1985-86 in Warangal District, the courts at Warangal fixed the market value for the dry land at Rs.22,500/- per acre and wet land at Rs.25,000/- per acre and the appeals, questioning the said enhancement, were dismissed by this court. The reference court while discarding Exs.A-2 and A-3 (certified copies of registered sale deeds of 1981), whereunder land was sold at Rs.50,000/- per acre, rightly took the market value fixed in OP No.3/89 at Rs. 30,000/- per acre on the ground that the lands acquired in OP No.3/89 and the present OP are situated in the same village and acquired for the same purpose, and fixed the market value of the acquired land at Rs.30,000/- per acre. After going through the evidence and the order of the reference court, we are convinced that the compensation amount fixed by the reference court is quite reasonable. The appeal suit is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _______________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J ​__________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY,J Date:-21-4-2010 kmr .