THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY Land Acquisition Appeal Suit No.10 of 2010 JUDGMENT : (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy)

This Appeal is preferred by the appellant/Land Acquisition Officer aggrieved by the order dated 15.04.2009 (hereinafter will be referred as the ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Nizamabad (for short ‘reference court’) in O.P. No.3 of 2005, wherein the market value of the subject land as fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer was enhanced from Rs.45,000/- per acre to Rs.1,45,000/- per square meter.

2. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter the parties will be referred to as per their status before the reference Court.

BRIEF FACTS

3. The brief facts of the case are that the agricultural lands of the respondents/claimants situated in Chittapur Village of Balkonda Mandal were acquired by the Government for the purpose of excavation of II lift of D.3 of Laxmi Canal of S.R.S.P. Project Reservoir. Accordingly an award was passed on 22.09.2003 by fixing the market value of acquired lands at Rs.45,000/- per acre. Having dissatisfied with the fixation of market value