Section 48 AP court fees act enacts:
"The fee payable under this Act on a memorandum of appeal against an order relating to compensation under any Act for the time being in force for the acquisition of property for public purposes shall be computed on the difference between the amount awarded and the amount claimed by the appellant."
Section 49 provides thus:
"The fee payable in an appeal shall be the same as the fee that would be payable in the Court of first instance on the subject-matter of the appeal;
3) adjudication of the Land Acquisition Court is an order for purposes of appeal under Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, and the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code That being so, it is an order within the meaning of Section 48 of the Court-fees Act. It follows there from that the Court-fee has got to be paid on the difference between the amount awarded and the amount claimed by the appellant
4) in your case court fees would be on Rs 65 lakhs claimed by you
5) it was' laid down in Brahrnanandam v. Secy, of State, AIR 1930 Mad 45 that where a person being dissatisfied with the amount of compensation awarded to him under Section 18, Land Acquisition Act, wants to appeal, insisting in case of his success that not only the excess market value but also 15 per cent, of the same should be decreed in his favour, he must pay Court-fees not only on the excess market value, but also on 15 per cent thereon. It is also needless to point out that since the appellants are claiming interest on that amount, they are bound to pay Court-fee on that amount as well.
