THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL LAAS No.317 of 2014 and LAAS No.121 of 2014 COMMON JUDGMENT:- (Per G. Chandraiah, J) Since the issue raised in both the appeals is one and the same, both the appeals are being disposed of by this common judgment. L.A.A.S.No.317 of 2014 is filed aggrieved by the order dated 21-04- 2009 passed in O.P.No.366 of 2007 on the file of the II Additional Senior Civil Judge, Nandyal. L.A.A.S.No.121 of 2014 is filed aggrieved by the order dated 05-06-2009 passed in O.P.No.921 of 2007 on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Nandyal. A large extent of land including the land of the claimants was acquired under different notifications issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) for the purpose of formation of Gorukallu Balancing Reservoir. The Land Acquisition Officer has categorized the acquired land into four categories. They are:- Category No.I: Regd. Wet & Irrigated Dry lands irrigated with V e n g a n n a C h e Cheruvu (Tank) Bugganala (Spring Chanel) (assured sources of irrigation). Category No.II: Dry lands irrigated with own bore wells raising wet & ID crops by laying pipe lines and the bore wells. Category No.III: Dry lands irrigated through bore wells belong to adjacent ryots raising wet & ID crops by laying pipe lines. Category No.IV: Dry lands irrigated through rain fed crops. After conducting due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Officer awarded compensation of Rs.70,000/- per acre for Category No.I lands, Rs.65,000/- per acre for Category No.II lands, Rs.60,000/- per acre for Category No.III lands and Rs.50,000/- per acre for Category No.IV lands. Not being satisfied with the award of compensation by the Land Acquisition Officer, the claimants filed an application before the Collector to refer the case under Section 18 of the Act to a competent civil Court for determination of proper compensation. The Reference Court enhanced the amount from Rs.70,000/- to Rs.1,90,000/- for Category No.I lands, Rs.65,000/- to Rs.1,80,000/- for Category No.II lands, Rs.60,000/- to Rs.1,70,000/- for Category No.III lands and Rs.50,000/- to Rs.1,50,000/- for Category No.IV lands. Aggrieved by the same, the Government preferred the present Appeals. Both the learned counsel submits that the subject matter of these appeals is squarely covered by the Division Bench Judgment of this Court in LAAS No.1 of 2010 & batch, dated 21.11.2013. The operative portion of which reads as follows:- “Therefore, since the lands under Ex.B1 are the agricultural lands, we apply escalation of 10% increase per year to the lands in question. If that is taken into consideration, the proper compensation would be Rs.1,69,000/- per acre, which is rounded off to Rs.1,70,000/- Therefore, we reduce the compensation for Category No.I lands from Rs.1,90,000/- to Rs.1,70,000/- per acre and for Category No.II lands from Rs.1,80,000/- to Rs.1,70,000/-p e r a c r e , w h i l e c o n f i r m i n f o r Categories III and IV lands as awarded by the reference Court. With the above modification, reducing the percentage o f e s c a l a t i o n o f p r i c e l a n d acquisition appeals are partly allowed to the extent indicated above. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Land Acquisition Appeal Suits shall stand closed.” We have perused the aforesaid judgment. The subject matter of these appeals is squarely covered by the Division Bench Judgment of this Court in LAAS No.1 of 2010 & batch, dated 21.11.2013. Therefore, following the aforesaid judgment, the appeals are partly allowed in terms of and in accordance with LAAS No.1 of 2010 and batch, dated 21.11.2013. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Land Acquisition Appeal Suits shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH ___________________ JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL Dt. 04.07.2014 Prv THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL LAAS (SR)No.13659 of 2010 and LAAS No.121 of 2014 Date 04-07-2014