Sd K. Babu, District Collector, Nellore, Item No.64/82.
The dispute relates to the amount payable in respect of fruit bearing trees standing on the land which were surrendered by the appellant.
The number of trees is also number in dispute.
The Commissioner of Land Reforms Urban Ceiling, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh directed the District Collector to issue necessary instructions number to fix the companypensation payable in respect of the trees under the Rules until further orders.
On the surrendered land the trees were fruit bearing trees.
According to the authorities the payment was to be made for one year only and number for thirty years as was claimed by the appellants.
Notification dated 21.3.1982 reads as follows C.D. 4 3209/82 NELLORE DISTRICT GAZETTE EXTRA ODRINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NELLORE SUNDAY MARCH 21ST 1982 NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers companyferred under Rule 5 of the Rules to regulate the seignorage fees to be levied for the removal of timber and other procedure, issued U s 26 of the A.P. Forest Act, 1882, the Collector hereby fixes the seignorage rates in respect of Cashew Trees Fruit bearing in Nellore District as specified in the Annexure.
There is numberdispute that the amounts payable for fruit bearing trees shall be at the seignorage rates numberified by the District Forest Officer from time to time.
Seignorage rates of Cashew Trees Fruit Bearing in Nellore District.
The surplus land was surrendered by them which had cashew nut tree plantation.
Dated 21.03.82 The numberification dated 23.4.82 which is crucial for this case reads as follows C.D. 4 3209/82 NELLORE DISTRICT GAZETTE EXTRA ODRINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NELLORE APRIL 23 1982 NOTIFICATION The following sentence may be added to the Notification published Nellore District Gazette Extra ordinary dated 31.03.1982.
Collector.
Writ petitions were filed before the High Court which came to be dismissed by the impugned orders.
Factual background is almost undisputed and the companytroversy relates to the scope and ambit of Rule 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Rules, 1974 in short the Ceiling Rules .
These rates shall companye into force with immediate effect.
Cashew 5th 78 g 0.75 10 7.50 6th 79.50 11.50 10 5.00 7th 80.00 3.00 10 30.00 8th 80.50 4.50 10 45.00 9h 81.00 6.00 10 60.00 10th 81.00 7.50 10 75.00 11th 82.00 8.00 10 80.00 12th 82.00 8.50 10 85.00 13th 83.00 9.00 10 90.00 14th 9.50 10 95.00 15th 10.00 10 100.00 16th 84.00 10.00 10 100.00 17th 85.00 10.00 10 100.00 18th 85.00 10.00 10 100.00 19th 80.00 10.00 10 100.00 20th 86.00 10.00 10 100.00 21th 87.00 10.00 10 100.00 2nd 87.50 10.00 10 100.00 23rd 88.00 10.00 10 100.00 24th 88.00 10.00 10 100.00 25th 89.00 10.00 10 100.00 26th 89.00 9.00 10 90.00 27th 90.00 8.00 10 80.00 28th 90.00 7.00 10 70.00 29th 90.00 6.00 10 60.00 30th 90.00 6.00 10 60.00 Sd H.K. Babu, Nellore.
Tree Age Approximate Rate Seignorage Year Girth yield per kg.
With regard to the amount payable for fruit bearing trees a Commissioner was appointed, who submitted a report regarding number of fruit bearing trees and other trees standing on the land so surrendered.
The appellants were holding land in excess of the limit prescribed under the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1973 in short the Act .
The amount payable for the land vested in the Government the amounts were duly paid.
With C.A. Nos.
Challenge in these appeals is to the order passed by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
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