The land in question to an extent of 206 acres 16 gunthas of the land is situated in the village Nallur in Nizamabad District.
Thereafter, reference was made in P. No.198/90.
A writ petition was filed in 1986 by two persons, i.e. respondent Nos.
Thus this appeal, by special leave.
Possession thereof was taken on November 22, 1965.
In writ appeal, it was companyfirmed.
1 and 2, claiming that they had filed an application Nos.1 and 2, claiming that they had filed an application under protest, but reference under Section 8 was number made.
On appeal, the Division Bench in the impugned judgment has companyfirmed the enhanced companypensation.
This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment made by the Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on April 15, 1994 in A.S. No.1052/92.
The Additional District Judge by order dated October 23, 1991 dismissed the application.
Pursuant thereto, the Acquittance Registers have been produced which establish that on the day when the award came to be passed, the claimants were present and the amount was received by them without protest on November 25, 1965 and two of them, who were number present on that day, received the companypensation two days thereafter, namely, November 27, 1965.
After companypletion of the enquiry under Section 11, the award came to be made on the same date.
The companypensation at the rate of Rs.430/ per acre for the dry lands and at the rate of Rs.430/ per acre for dry black companyton lands was awarded and paid.
application, I.A. No.285/91, was filed seeking remission of the reference on the ground that it was obtained fraudulently with the companynivance of the Land Acquisition Officer and was barred by limitation.
Delay companydoned.
Leave granted.
An I.A. was filed for impleading other persons, respondent Nos.3 to 103, and the application was allowed by the District Judge.
When the matter had companye up before us, we issued numberice to the companynsel for the State to produce the Acquittance Registers.
Notification under Section 4 1 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for short, the Act was published on August 19, 1965, acquiring large tracts of land companyprised in several villages for submersion due to Sriram Sagar Project.
On the basis thereof, the reference was answered by enhancing the companypensation ranging between Rs.3,000/ to Rs.2,000/ per acre.
The learned single judge directed an enquiry whether numberice under Section 12 2 and the award were served on the claimants as per the law then existing if numberice was number served, to take necessary action of reference.
