( 1 ) THE appeal is by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Port, Mamgalore, against the award and decree dl. 30-1-1969 in O. P. 525 of 1965 on the file of the Court of the Civil Judge, Mangajore.

( 2 ) PURSUANT to the notification under S. 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act published in the Gazette on 27-7-1963, lands situate in Mudushedde village of Mangalore Taluk were acquired. The lands acquired were: 2 acres 72 cents of wet-I land in S. No. 25|4a; 1 acre 70 cents of wet-I land in S. No. 25|5a; 36 cents of wet-III land in S. No. 25'3a and 7 acres 19 cents of dry land in S. No. 30|1a. It may be mentioned here that out of 7 acres and 19 cents of dry land, there is a quarry over an exent ot 4 acres and 29 cents, and the remaining extent of 2 acres and 90 cents is only a dry land.

( 3 ) THE claimants claimed compensation at Rs. 10,000 an acre for wet-I land, at Rs. 4,000 an acre for wet-III land and at Rs. 10,000 an acre for dry land in addition to the value of granite rock at Rs. 1-50 P. per lorry load. The LAO determined the market value of wet-I land at Rs. 5,000 an acre, that of wet-III land at Rs. 2,000 and that of dry land at Rs. 2,000 an acre. He did not a