THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY A.S.Nos.1361, 2823 & 1365 of 1999 Date of Judgment: 15-03-2010 Between: The RDO-cum-LAO, Bandar, Krishna District ..Appellant And 1. Kandula Brahmaiah Sastrulu and others. ..Respondents The Court made the following common Judgment: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY A.S.Nos.1361, 2823 & 1365 of 1999 Common Judgment: (Per Honourable Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) 1. These three appeals under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short “the Act”) by the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) are directed against the common order of the Subordinate Judge, Machilipatnam dated 03-06-1997 in O.P.Nos.39, 40 and 38 of 1987 respectively, whereby the reference Court by common order in four O.Ps. including O.P.No.37 of 1987 fixed the market value of the acquired land at Rs.20,000/- per acre as against Rs.10,000/- awarded by the LAO. 2. A.S.No.2476 of 1999 filed against the common order passed in O.P.Nos.37 of 1987 and batch has been dismissed by this Court on 17-10-2005 as value of the appeal therein is less than Rs.10,000/-. The value of the appeals—A.S.No.1361 and 2823 of 1999 is also less than Rs.10,000/-. Therefore, they are also liable to be dismissed on the same analogy. Further, A.S.No.1361 of 1999 has been dismissed for default against respondent No.3 for not complying the conditional order passed by this Court on 25-4-2006. 3. In A.S.No.1365 of 1999 preferred against O.P.No.38 of 1987 the appeal value is Rs.19,000/-. The learned reference Court after taking into consideration of the oral evidence adduced by P.Ws.1 to 6, certified copy of the Adangal—Ex.A1, Exs.X1 to X9 and also the Commissioner’s report under Ex.C1 fixed the market value Rs.20,000/- observing that there is rice mill at a distance of 200 yards from the acquired land, which is in existence from 1964-65; and Cinema hall and Veeranjaaneya rice mill are near to the acquired land. Apart from the same there are coconut trees existed in some of the lands as spoken by P.W.3 where he is getting Rs.500/- per year. Since the compensation fixed for the lands covered by A.S.No.2476, 1361 and 2823 of 1999 have become final, the other appeal—A.S.No.1365 of 1999 also liable to be dismissed and it is accordingly dismissed confirming the market value fixed in O.P.No.38 of 1987. 4. In the result, all the three appeals are dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. __________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY,J. 15-03-2010 Murthy