JUDGMENT :

P.Naveen Rao, J.

Heard Sri K. Raji Reddy, learned counsel for the appellants and learned Government Pleader for Appeals.

2. On the ground that the subject lands were coming within the submergence area of Singoor Irrigation Project, the process to acquire the subject lands in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act, 1894’), was set in motion by issuing draft notification and ultimately culminating in passing an Award on 19.02.1990. The subject lands acquired for the said purpose in Jamalpur Village appears to be the hamlet of Itkepally Village which was a Gram Panchayat. The Land Acquisition Officer determined the market value of the acquired lands at Rs.10,000/- per acre. Not satisfied with the said determination of market value, the claimants sought for reference under Section 18 of the Act, 1894. Their reference was registered as O.P.No.10 of 2002 in the Court of Senior Civil Judge at Sangareddy. The claimants sought for enhancement of compensation by fixing the land value at Rs.30,000/-per acre for dry lands and Rs.40,000/- per acre for wet lands, with all statutory benefits flowing there from. In support of their claim for enhancement, the cla