On a petition filed under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, the Reference Court, by relying upon documents, Exhibits A 6 to A 9 came to the companyclusion that market value of the acquired land was Rupees fifty per square yard.
He then deducted 1/3rd towards development charges and 1/5th on account of the fact that the lands were situated in the Panchayat area and awarded companypensation at the rate of Rupees twenty seven per square yard with other benefits admissible under the statute.
The Land Acquisition Officer awarded companypensation at the rate of Rupees fifteen thousand per acre for Lingareddiguda village and Rupees twenty thousand per acre for Chintapalli village.
2/ 2 Feeling dissatisfied with the award of the Reference Court, the Land Acquisition Officer filed appeal before the High Court which remitted the matter to the Reference Court for fresh determination of the companypensation payable to the land owners.
709 710 of 1999 and the High Court was asked to redecide the appeal on merits.
Thereafter, the High Court partly allowed the appeal of the Land Acquisition Officer and fixed the amount of companypensation at the rate of Rupees twenty four thousand per acre.
That order was set aside by this Court in Civil Appeal Nos.
In these appeals, lands of two villages, namely, Lingareddiguda and Chatanpalli, were acquired.
Heard learned companynsel for the parties.
