The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Usmanabad Thr G.M.I.D.C, Aurangabad v. Ramling Eknath Mane and Ors.
Land Acquisition – Interest on compensation – Material date of commencement
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Common judgment of the Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court (Kishore C. Sant, J.; pronounced 16-08-2024) disposing of c. 50 first appeals concerning the Sina/Seena Kolegaon Medium Project, Paranda, Dist. Osmanabad (M.K.V.D.C. and Executive Engineers; Minor Irrigation Division). Search terms: material date for grant of interest; interest under Section 28 / Section 34 / Section 23(1-A) Land Acquisition Act; interest from date of award vs date of possession; possession taken prior to Section 4(1) notification; possession under Section 16 passes title; Section 17 emergency possession excluded; Kailash Shiva Rangari (Full Bench) 2016 (3) Mh.L.J. 457; Ramesh Tukaram Meshram 2018 (1) ALL MR 645; R.L. Jain v. DDA AIR 2004 SC 1904; Gurpreetsingh v. Union of India 2006 AIR (SCW) 5813; Revenue Divisional Officer, Karnool v. Ramkrishna Reddy; Shankarrao Bhagwantrao Patil AIR 2021 SC 4962; Lalitkumar Shah MANU/MH/0733/2012; Siddappa Visappa Kuri 2002(1) ALL MR 262 (SC). Relevant where a claimant seeks interest from a pre-notification dispossession date and the acquiring body contends interest runs only from the award (or lawful Section 16 possession).