HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA Appeal Suit No.2566 of 2000 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 appellants - claimants, aggrieved by the order and decree dated 10.04.2000 passed in O.P.No.09 of 1992 by the learned Senior Civil Judge at Mahaboobnagar (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 Acquisition Officer (LAO) has acquired the land to an extent of 272¼ Sq.yards and a well within the said land in survey No.1032 for water supply to the new gunj area of Mahaboobnagar village. The draft notification under Section 4(1) of the Act was published in the gazette on 01.02.1979. After due enquiry, the LAO has passed an award granting compensation of Rs.2,178/- as land value and Rs.4,247/- towards the value of well, apart from awarding the statutory benefits. Aggrieved by the said award, the claimants have filed a petition for reference