HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA 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 appellants – claimants, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 28.07.2010 passed in L.A.O.P.No.26 of 2008 by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Siricilla.

(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Reference Court’).

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 lands of the claimants were acquired at Nyalakondapalli village of Gangadhara Mandal for the purpose of new broad gauge railway line from Karimnagar to Jagtial under the limits of Gangadhara village. The draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published on 29.09.2006. After due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Officer has awarded Rs.74,000/- per acre for dry and wet agricultural lands. Aggrieved by the said award, the claimants have filed a petition for reference and the same was referred under Section 18 of the Act to the Senior Civil Judge at Siricilla.

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