Aggrieved by the order dated 30.10.2000 passed by a learned single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition NO.13318 of 1998, the State represented by its officers is in appeal before us. By the said order, the learned Judge allowed the writ petition declaring that Award NO.2 of 1993, dated 22.12.1993 pertaining to the acquisition of an extent of AC.1-50 cents in R.S.No.150/4 of Penikeru Village, Alamuru Mandai, East Godavari District, was illegal and liable to be set aside in the light of the violation of the mandatory requirement of the provisions of Section 9(3) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act').

2. The facts of the case germane to this adjudication are as follows:

The State of Andhra Pradesh issued notification dated 27.07.1981 under Section 4(1) of the Act proposing to acquire a total extent of AC.B-B9 cents of land in Penikeru Village, Alamuru Mandai, East Godavari District, for the purpose of providing house sites to the weaker sections. The land proposed to be acquired was situated in Sy.Nos.150/4, 150/B, 150/9, 150/10, 151/1, 151/2, 151/3 and 151/4 of the Village. In so far as the Respondent in this writ appeal is concerned,