IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR APPEAL SUIT Nos.1640, 1663, 1944 and 2173 of 2003 AND CROSS OBJECTION (SR).Nos.100636, 100641, 100640 and 100639 of 2003 AND LAASMP.Nos.1944, 1945,1946, 1947,1289 and 1290 of 2007 BETWEEN The Revenue Divisional Officer-cum-Land Acquisition Officer. …APPELLANT AND Sri H. Parameswara Gowd and others. …RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant: GP FOR APPEALS Counsel for the Respondents: MR. N. SIVA REDDY The Court made the following: COMMON JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) Learned Government Pleader appearing for the appellant as well as the learned counsel for the respondents/claimants/x-objectors fairly submits that all these appeals are covered by the common judgment passed in A.S.No.1638 of 2003 and batch dated 12.07.2007, as the lands in the present batch of cases were acquired by the same notification under Section 4(1) dated 18.01.1996 as in the above batch of the cases in which the common award was passed. In the aforesaid batch of cases, the appeals preferred by the Land Acquisition Officer were dismissed and the appeals preferred by the claimants are allowed by fixing the market value of the land at Rs.80,000/- per acre as against Rs.24,000/- per acre awarded by the lower Court. Following the same and for the reasons mentioned therein, the appeals preferred by the Land Acquisition Officer are dismissed. Accordingly, LAASMP.Nos.1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1289 and 1290 of 2007 filed to condone the delay in presenting and representing the Cross- Objections are ordered and the Cross-Objections filed by the claimants/x- objectors are accordingly allowed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ A. GOPAL REDDY, J _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J February 18, 2010 DSK