HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY A.S. No. 169 OF 1998. DATED 9TH MARCH, 2010. BETWEEN: The Land Acquisition Officer/Mandal Revenue Officer, Bonakal …..Appellant/RO. and Chandra Gopaiah … Respondents/Claimants. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY A.S. No. 169 OF 1998. 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 18.7.1996 passed in O.P.No.575 of 1989 by the learned Subordinate Judge, Sathuaplly, whereby the Reference Court enhanced the market value ﬁxed by the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer at Rs.5,000/- per acre to Rs.16,000/- per acre for the lands acquired. On a requisition made by the Assistant Director of Fisheries, Khammam, vide his letter dated 4.6.1984 to acquire land for the purpose of allotment of house sites to the members of the Fishermen Cooperative Society at Chinnabeervalli village of Bonakal Mandal, the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer/Land Acquisition Oﬃcer, issued notiﬁcation under Section 4(1) and draft declaration under Section 6 of the Act, which were published in the Gazette on 3.2.1986 proposing to acquire an extent of Ac.4.00 covered by Sy.No. 499 of the same village. After conducting due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer passed Award dated 26.3.1987 ﬁxing the market value of the land acquired at the rate of Rs.5,000/- per acre and for the well at Rs.7,460/- as against the claim of the claimants at Rs.50,000/- per acre for the land and Rs.28,000/- for the well. Aggrieved by the same, the claimants sought reference under Section 18 of the Act and on a reference being made, the Reference Court by common judgment and decree dated 18.7.1996 made in O.P.Nos. 575 of 1989 and 576 of 1989, enhanced the compensation as stated supra. Aggrieved by the same, the Land Acquisition Oﬃcer preferred present appeal as against the award in OP.NO. 575 of 1989, however, no appeal has been preferred against the enhancement of compensation in OP.No. 576 of 1989. In that view of the matter, the market value ﬁxed by the Reference Court has become ﬁnal inasmuch as the subject land in appeal is acquired along with the subject land in OP.No. 576 of 1989, against which, no appeal has been preferred. In view of the same, there is no need to adjudicate the appeal on merits any further. In view of the above, the present appeal is liable to be dismissed and accordingly the same is dismissed. No order as to costs. ----------------------------------------- JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY -------------------------------------------- JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY DATED 9T H MARCH, 2010. Msnr.