THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA APPEAL SUIT No.2719 of 2004

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, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, Hyderabad, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 30.12.2003 passed in O.P.No.237 of 1987 by the learned II Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar (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.0-14 guntas situated at Sultanvala Village was acquired for the purpose of formation of inner ring road. The draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published in the gazette on 27.04.1983 and the possession was taken over on 07.07.1983. After conducting due enquiry and after considering the sales statistics the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) has fixed the rate at 10/- per square yard and after deducting 1/3^rd towards the l