The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Usmanabad Thr G.M.I.D.C, Aurangabad v. Sagjanbai Bajarang Mane and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Material date for interest on land-acquisition compensation; Section 28, Section 34 and Section 23(1A), Land Acquisition Act; possession taken prior to Section 4(1) notification; interest from date of award under Section 11 versus date of possession; Section 16 possession; Kailash Shiva Rangari 2016 (3) Mh.L.J. 457 (full bench); Ramesh Tukaram Meshram 2018 (1) ALL MR 645; R. L. Jain AIR 2004 SC 1904; Gurpreetsingh 2006 AIR (SCW) 5813; Revenue Divisional Officer Karnool 2011 11 page 648; Shankarrao Bhagwantrao Patil AIR 2021 SC 4962; Lalitkumar Shah Manu/MH/0733/2012; Siddappa Visappa Kuri 2002(1) ALL MR 262 (SC); Sina/Seena Kolegaon Project, Paranda, Osmanabad; M.K.V.D.C.; batch of first appeals; Bombay High Court Bench at Aurangabad; 2024:BHC-AUG:18530; reserved 08-07-2024; pronounced 16-08-2024.
What did the court decide?
The reference courts' directions to pay interest from the date of actual possession or the Section 4(1) notification are modified: interest under Sections 28 and 34 of the Land Acquisition Act is to be paid from the date of the award under Section 11; on interest under Section 23(1A) the trial court committed no error. All the appeals stand disposed off in these terms, and pending civil applications do not survive and are disposed of.