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 Land Acquisition Officer, Revenue Divisional Officer, Mulugu, Warangal District, aggrieved by the award and decree dated 24.03.2008 passed in L.A.O.P.No.766 of 2002 by the learned II Additional District Judge, Warangal (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 based on the requisition made by the Executive Engineer, I & CAD, Special Investigation Division, Warangal, for acquisition of the patta lands to an extent of Ac.04-05 guntas for forming flood bank at the right side of Dayyam Vagu and Goadavari River of Eturunagaram village, Warangal District. The draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published in the Gazette on 26.03.2001 and the advance possession was taken over on 02.02.2001. After due enquiry, the Land Acquisition Officer (LAO) has passed an award o