The State preferred appeal against the said judgment of the Subordinate Judge to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.
The appellants claimed land value at the rate of Rs.
yard as the claimants themselves had claimed companypensation at the rate of Rs.
yard since the Land Acquisition Officer awarded only 0.88 paise per sq.
From the Judgment dated 20.1.1976 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Appeal Nos.
The learned Subordinate Judge determined the market value of the land at the rate of Rs.
10 per sq.
758 and 632 of 1975.
2/1 of Dondaparthi village in pursuance to Notification under Section 4 1 of the Act published on 7.7.1966 for companystruction of quarters for the staff of Porl Trust.
2/2A of the same village in pursuance to the Notification published on 1.8.1968 for the purpose of formation of the national highway diversion road.
10 per sq.
The High Court accepted Exhibits A I to A 4 as reflecting the value of land in the neighbourhood.
11 per sq.
yard only because the appellants had themselves limited the claim to Rs.
11 per sq yard accepting as basis the value of land under the transactions evidenced by Exhibits A 1 to A 4, but granted the companypensa tion at the rate of Rs.
8.33 cents of land in Survey No.
1221 of 1977 relates to acquisition of Ac.1.68 cents of land in Survey No.
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10 per sq.
1221 1222 of 1977.
yard though the market value was higher at Rs.
V.S.N. Chari for the Respondent.
1222 of 1977 relates to acquisition of Ac.
Mrs. Shyamala Pappu and Ms. Indira Sawhney for the Appel lants.
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The Judgment of the Court was delivered by FATHIMA BEEVI, J. The appellants arc aggrieved that the High Court by the companymon judgment dated 20.1.1976 in two cases had substantially reduced on erroneous grounds the enhanced companypensation allowed by the Subordinate Judge on reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act for short the Act .
