HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY DT. 21-4-2010 AS No.35/2000 The Land Acquisition Officer and Special Deputy Collector, Y.R.P. Unit-III, Peddapuram. …Appellant V. 1. Narala Ram Babu and others ..Respondents The Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY AS No.35/2000 JUDGMENT: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) This appeal is filed under Sec.54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 questioning the enhancement of compensation made by the Senior Civil Judge, Peddapuram in OP No.176/1990 dt. 14-6-1999. An extent of Ac.2-36 cents of land belonging to the claimants situated in Kambalapalem village was acquired by the Government for the purpose of Yeleru Reservoir Project by issuing Sec. 4(1) notification. The Land Acquisition Officer fixed the market value at the rate of Rs.18000/- treating the acquired land as dry wet land. On a reference being made, the reference court fixed the market value at Rs.50,000/- following the judgments of this court in AS No.2913/1996 dt. 17-3- 1998 and AS No.2733/1996 dt. 26-2-1998. Learned Government Pleader for Appeals fairly concedes that the market value fixed for the lands acquired in Kambalapalem, and J. Annavaram, has been confirmed by this court following the judgment passed in AS No.2733/1996 dt. 26-2-1998, whereunder this court fixed the market value for the wet lands at Rs.50,000/- and dry lands at Rs.40,000/-. In the present acquisition, the lands acquired are wet lands and the claimants used to raise paddy, sugarcane and plantains. Following the same, this appeal is dismissed confirming the impugned order passed by the reference court in all respects. However, the claimants are not only entitled to interest on the enhanced compensation but also on additional market value and solatium as per law declared by the Constitutional Bench of the Apex Court in SUNDER v. UNION OF INDIA[1]. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J __________________ ‐ G.V.SEETHAPATHY,J Date:21-4-2010 kmr . [1] AIR 2001 SC 3516