RAVI NATH TILHARI, MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
Bollineni Srihari Rao – Appellant
Versus
Competent Authority and Special Collector (L. A. ), National Highway-5, Ongole – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of acquisition process and disputes (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 2. court's decision on land ownership and compensation (Para 12 , 13) |
| 3. preliminary objection on maintainability of appeal (Para 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 4. arguments on the nature of the appeal under cpc (Para 17 , 18 , 20 , 21) |
| 5. judicial analysis of appeals and decrees (Para 23 , 24 , 50) |
| 6. court holds adjudication on reference under section 3-h(4) is a decree, thus appealable. (Para 82) |
| 7. determination of appeals as statutory rights (Para 84) |
| 8. final conclusion on the appeal's maintainability (Para 85 , 86) |
JUDGMENT :
RAVI NATH TILHARI, J.
1. This appeal has been filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure (in short ‘CPC’) by the appellant/1st respondent in LAOP No.01 of 2014 (in short ‘LAOP’) on the file of the Principal District Judge, Prakasam at Ongole (in short ‘learned Court’) against the judgment and decree dated 12.08.2024, passed on a reference under Section 3-H(4) of the NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ACT , 1956 (in short ‘the Act’).
I. Facts :
2. Briefly stated the facts for the purposes of the present issue, are that the Project Director, National Highway Authority of India
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