HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR A.S. No.2497 OF 2003 AND Cross-Objections (Sr.)No.8269 of 2009 DATED:15.09.2009 BETWEEN: The Land Acquisition Officer & Sub-Collector/RDO, Gadwal, Mahabubnagar. …Appellant AND B.Ramalingeshwar Reddy & Others …Respondents This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.CHANDRA KUMAR A.S. No.2497 OF 2003 AND Cross-Objections (Sr.)No.8269 of 2009 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This appeal under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) by the Land Acquisition Officer and cross-objections by the claimants are directed against the order and decree, dated 10.03.2003 passed by the Senior Civil Judge, Gadwal in O.P.No.584 of 1994. Notices sent to respondents returned unserved. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Appeals. Against the very same common order passed by the Senior Civil Judge in respect of other O.Ps. that were disposed of along with the present O.P., the Land Acquisition Officer preferred A.S.No.2237 of 2003 and batch, and that this Court by common judgment dated 17.12.2008 while dismissing the appeals allowed the cross-objections preferred by the claimants therein fixing the market value of the acquired land at Rs.53,000/- per acre. Learned Government Pleader for Appeals also fairly conceded that the appeal deserves to be dismissed following the above said judgment. With regard to the cross-objections, record discloses that the notices sent to respondents-claimants 2 to 4 were returned unserved and now they have filed the cross-objections and therefore, the cross-objections filed by the claimants are in time. Under those circumstances, following the judgment of this Court in A.S.No.2237 of 2003 and batch, dated 17.12.2008 and for the reasons mentioned therein, the appeal is dismissed and the cross-objections are allowed fixing the market value of the acquired land at Rs.53,000/- per acre as against Rs.23,000/- awarded by the reference Court. It is made clear that on the enhanced market value, the respondents-claimants are entitled to all statutory benefits as per the law declared by the Apex Court in Sunder v. Union of India[1]. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J. __________________ B.CHANDRA KUMAR, J. SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 Tsr. [1] AIR 2001 SC 3516