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 Special Deputy Collector, L.A.Unit, M.D.Colony, Karimnagar, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 27.04.2000 passed in O.P.No.07 of 1996 by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Huzurabad (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.08-09 guntas situated at Kandugula and Veeranarayanapoor villages was acquired for the purpose of DBM 19 of Kakatiya Canal beyond L.M.D. The draft notification is dated 26.05.1986. After conducting due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) has awarded Rs.4,300/- 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, Huzurabad.

4. The case of the claimants is that their land fetches more value than that fix