COMMON JUDGMENT (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Battu Devanand)

1. These Land Acquisition Appeal Suits arise out of the Common Order, dated 30.11.2021, passed in LAOP.No.2 of 2016 and batch on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Allagadda (hereinafter referred to as "Reference Court") whereby the compensation for the land acquired was enhanced from Rs.45,000/- to Rs.2,87,620/- per Acre for Rainfed Dry Land and Rs.65,000/- to Rs.2,87,620/- per Acre for Irrigable Dry Land.

2. This batch of Appeals arise from the same land acquisition Notification dated 26.06.2006 for the land of village Perusomula Village, Sanjamala Mandal, Kurnool District and involved common facts and questions; therefore, with the consent of the learned counsels for the parties, all these Appeals have been heard together treating the LAAS No.20 of 2023 as the leading Appeal.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be hereinafter referred to as per their ranking in the Reference Court.

4. The Government has issued a Notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') dated 26.06.2006. The Land Acquisition Officer fixed the market value of the lands at the rate of R