Judgment reserved on : 27.11.2025 APHC010670412013 Judgment pronounced on : 03.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on : 03.03.2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3545]

AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. HARI HARANADHA SARMA LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL SUIT NO: 349/2013 Between:

1. S PECIAL DEPUTY COLLECTOR (LA) & LAO, GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED, VIJAYAWADA, PRESENTLY AT RAJAHMUNDRY.

...APPELLANT AND

1. L ANKA SIROMANI, W/o Nageswara Rao, Hindu, R/o G.Konduru Village &

Mandal, Krishna Dist.

...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. SINGAM SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent:

1. CH B R P SEKHAR The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND And THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A. HARI HARANADHA SARMA LAAS No.349 of 2013 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Hari Haranadha Sarma)

Introductory:-

[i] This appeal is filed under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 [for short ‘the Act’ ] and directed against the orders dated 28.02.2013 passed in LAOP No.17 of 2005 by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Nuzvid.

[ii] The Special D