HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA L.A.A.S.No.1076 of 2011 and X-Objections No.18411 OF 2011 COMMON JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Smt. Justice Tirumala Devi Eada) This appeal, under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, (for short ‘the Act’) is preferred by the Land Acquisition Officer, Sub-Collector, Asifabad, Adilabad District, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 22.12.2010 passed in O.P.No.58 of 2000 by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Asifabad (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Reference Court’). X-Objections No.18411 OF 2011 are filed by the claimants.

2. For convenience and clarity, the parties herein are referred to as they were arrayed before the Reference Court.

3. The facts of the case in brief are that the Mandal Revenue Officer, Kaghaznagar sent a proposal for acquisition of lands in Sy.No.90 admeasuring Ac.17-19 cents of Kothapeta village for providing house sites to weaker sections. The draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published in the Gazette on 17.02.1996. After conducting due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Officer has fixed the market value of the acquired land @ Rs.49,000/- per acre and also