IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD and HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G. SHANKAR Appeal Suit No.375 of 2003 Between: Pendyala Seetharavamma (died) and others .. Appellants And The Revenue Divisional Officer, Gudivada (L.A.O.) .. Respondent JUDGMENT: (Per G. Bhavani Prasad, J) Heard Sri T. Lakshminarayana, learned counsel for the appellants and Sri Karanam Ramesh, learned Government Pleader for the respondent. The appeal is directed against the award in O.P. No.55 of 1989 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge’s Court, Gudivada, dated 31-10-2001 in pursuance of the common judgment of the said Court in O.P. No.49 of 1989 and batch. The awards in O.P. Nos.54, 57, 56 and 50 of 1989 covered by the same common judgment were the subject of A.S. Nos.904 of 2002, 1601 of 2003, 2052 of 2003 and 455 of 2004 on the file of this Court. They were disposed of by a common judgment of a Division Bench of this Court on 26-04-2007. The Division Bench found on merits that the market value as on the date of notification has to be fixed in respect of the acquired lands at Rs.111/- per square yard without any deduction towards developmental charges in the already developed area. The Division Bench also clarified that 12% additional market value on the enhanced compensation from the date of notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act to the date of award, solatium and interest at 9 per cent per annum from the date of notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act for one year and thereafter at 15 per cent per annum till the date of realization also should be awarded to the claimants. The said judgment of the Division Bench had obviously become final. The present appeal arising out of the said common judgment in O.P. No.55 of 1989 is on identical grounds and the identical reasons as adopted by the Division Bench apply for the adjudication of this appeal also. Hence, the appellants/claimants are declared entitled to Rs.111/- per square yard towards the market value as on the date of notification in respect of the land of the appellants acquired, along with the consequential additional market value of 12% from the date of notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act to the date of award, solatium and interest at 9 per cent per annum for one year from the date of notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act and thereafter at 15 per cent per annum till the date of realization and the award, dated 31-10-2001 is modified accordingly and the appeal is allowed to that extent without costs. _____________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J ________________ K.G. SHANKAR, J Date: 30-12-2010 Svv