HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY Land Acquisition Appeal Suit No.622 of 2017 JUDGMENT : (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy)

This appeal is preferred by the appellant/Land Acquisition Officer aggrieved by the order dated 03.08.2015 (hereinafter will be referred as the ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Gadwal (for short ‘reference court’) in O.P. No.67 of 2011, wherein the market value of the subject land as fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer was enhanced from Rs.55,000/- per acre to Rs.130.50 paise per square meter.

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

3. Brief Facts: The brief facts of the case are that the lands of the respondents/claimants situated in Nandimalla Village of Atmakur Mandal were acquired by the government for the purpose of rehabilitation and resettlement of displaced families under Priyadarshini Jurala Project. Accordingly an award was passed vide Award No.54/2010 dated 27.12.2010 by fixing the market value of acquired lands at Rs.55,000/- per acre. Having dissatisfied with t