SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER Vs. PUTTAIAH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Though the respondents have been served, none is appearing either in person or through counsel. The admitted position is that there being a dispute as to the apportionment of the compensation, the Collector made a reference under Section 30 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, 'the Act') and the Reference Court formed the point thus:

(3.) The Civil Court, while apportioning the compensation among the claimants, awarded interest at 9% per annum on the amount of the compensation. When it was challenged in Civil Revision Petition No. 1148/87 dated March 10, 1987, the High Court confirmed the same following a judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Purushotham Haridas v. Amruth Ghee Co. Ltd., Guntur, AIR 1961 Andh. Pra. 143.