HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA L.A.A.S.NOs.13 AND 674 OF 2010 COMMON JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Smt. Justice Tirumala Devi Eada) These two appeals, under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short ‘the Act’) are filed by the appellant(s) aggrieved by the order and decree dated 17.11.2008 passed in O.P.No.128 of 1992 by the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, R.R.District at L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as ‘the reference Court’).

2. Since both the appeals are filed questioning the very same order and decree passed by the reference Court, both the appeals are heard together and disposed of by way of this common judgment.

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

4. The facts of the case in brief are that draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act and draft declaration were published in the Gazette on 23.04.1981. The draft declaration got lapsed for want of Urban Land Clearance, no award could be passed within the statutory period, Hence, APIIC Limited has issued a fresh requisition on 01.09.1998. Based on which a fresh draft