Raghava Rao, J.-Out of the four civil miscellaneous appeals posted before us, the only one that requires consideration is C.M.A. No. 212 of 1946 which arises out of O.P. No. 49 of 1944. The O.P. in question along with others which we are not called upon to consider was one presented to the District Judge, West Godavari, appointed as an arbitrator by the Government of India under the Defence of India Act. The substance of the petition which resulted in the adjudication of the arbitrator, which is the subject-matter of challenge in this appeal, is that the lands belonging to the petitioner which had been originally requisitioned by the Government temporarily under the Defence of India Act Rules were proposed to be acquired permanently later by the Government and that the compensation offered for the proposed acquisition is inadequate. For the purpose of fixing the value of the property sought to be acquired, the arbitrator was appointed on the reference of the matter to the Government of India. The arbitrator has awarded with reference to two survey numbers comprised in the O.P., namely, S. Nos. 80 and 81/1, compensation at the rate of Rs. 100 per acre, and with reference to the othe

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