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 Land Acquisition Officer, Miryalguda, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 21.03.2002 passed in O.P.No.116 of 2000 by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Miryalguda (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 land to an extent of Ac.05-09 guntas in survey No.425 of Huzurnagar village was acquired for providing house sites to the poor inhabitants of Madirenigudem H/o.Huzurnagar village. The draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published in the Gazette on 10.03.1993. After conducting due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Officer has awarded Rs.28,200/- per acre. Aggrieved by the said award, the claimants have made an application and the same was referred under Section 18 of the Act to the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Miryalguda.

4. The case of the claimants is