THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.S. APPA RAO A.S. No. 1960 of 1998 O R D E R: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) As against the order dated 22.03.1990 in O.P.No. 116 of 1988 on the ﬁle of the learned Subordinate Judge at Kothagudem, this Appeal has been filed. Land of the respondent of an extent of Ac.1.27 guntas situate in Survey No. 727/183 of Paloncha Village, Khammam District was acquired for formation of broad gauge line from Bhadrachalam road to Manuguru, pursuant to the notiﬁcation issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Land Acquisition Oﬃcer ﬁxed the market value of the land at Rs.3435/- per acre. On reference, the reference Court enhanced the market value to Rs.8,000/- per acre. Aggrieved by the said enhancement, the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer ﬁled the present Appeal. Heard learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition as well as Sri R. Kameswara Rao, learned counsel for the respondent-claimant. P.W.1, who is the claimant in O.P.No. 111 of 1988, sold the land under Ex.A1 sale deed, dated 07.04.1983, of an extent of Ac.1.04 guntas in Survey No. 641 of Paloncha Village at Rs.10,500/- per acre. The land, which is subject matter of Ex.A1, is adjacent to Paloncha Town. Under Ex.A2, dated 07.02.1982, land of an extent of Ac.0.08 guntas situate in Survey No. 444 of Paloncha Village, was sold at Rs.10,000/- per acre. Ex.A3 sale transaction covers the land of an extent of Ac.1.21 guntas in Survey No. 744 of Paloncha Town. The said land was purchased by P.W.13 for a sum of Rs.18,500/- which roughly comes to Rs.12,000/- per acre. The reference Court, taking into consideration all the above three documents, by which the similarly situated lands were sold at Rs.12,000/- per acre and the fact that the sale transactions were prior to the notiﬁcation issued in this case, ﬁxed the market value at Rs.8,000/- per acre. Paloncha is a developing town, having good potentiality and fertile lands in and around. Therefore, we are of the opinion that the compensation ﬁxed by the reference Court is just and reasonable and it does not warrant any interference by this Court. The Appeal is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ---------------------- (V. ESWARAIAH,J) ---------------------------- (K.S. APPA RAO, J) 28th November 2011 ksld