HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY A.S. No. 938 OF 1999. DATED 9TH MARCH, 2010. BETWEEN: Land Acquisition Officer (Special Deputy Collector) IPT & Railways, Khammam …..Appellant/RO. and Madiraju Vasudeva Rao … Respondent/Claimant. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY A.S. No. 938 OF 1999 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This Appeal under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act,1894 ﬁled by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer, is directed against the judgment and decree dated 25.4.1990 passed in O.P.No. 512 of 1989 by the learned Subordinate Judge, Sathupalli, whereby the Reference Court enhanced the market value ﬁxed by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer at Rs.4,000/- per acre to Rs.18,000/- per acre for the lands acquired. It is now brought to our notice that in absence of stay granted by this Court, the entire compensation deposited by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer was withdrawn by the respondent/claimant 15 years back. It is further stated that the respondent-claimant is no more. No steps have been taken to brought the legal representatives of the deceased respondent-claimant on record. In the result, the appeal stands abated. In view of the above, the appeal is liable to be dismissed and accordingly the same is dismissed. No costs. ----------------------------------------- JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY -------------------------------------------- JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY DATED 9T H MARCH, 2010. Msnr.