( 1 ) HEARD both sides.

( 2 ) THIS Civil Revision Petition is directed against the order, dated 26-11 -2003, passed by the Additional Senior Civil Judge at kurnool, dismissing the application in E. A. No. 260 of 2003; in E. P. No. 57 of 1996 in o. P. No. 2349 of 1980, filed under Sections 151 and 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure to dismiss the E. P. No. 57 of 1996 in O. P. No. 2349 of 1980 as not maintainable under section 23 (1-A) of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 as inserted by Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1984 (for short "the Act") since the Award was passed prior to 30-4-1982.

( 3 ) THE petitioner is the judgment-debtor and the respondent is the decree-holder.

( 4 ) FOR the sake of convenience, the petitioner and the respondent will be referred to as "the judgment-debtor and decree-holder" respectively.

( 5 ) THE facts, in brief, are that the Land acquisition Officer has passed an Award on 3-11-1978 fixing certain amount as compensation for the lands acquired. At the instance of the decree-holder, the matter was referred to the Additional Senior Civil judge at Kurnool, which was numbered as o. P. No. 2349 of 1980 and eventually judgment and decree, dated