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Shailabai Anadrao Ranshing v. Union of India Thr the General Manager Central Railway and Ors.

Bombay HC8 Jul 2025CA/5929/2025

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What is this about?

Withdrawal of deposited compensation with accrued interest; entire deposit permitted despite respondents' 75% objection; meager compensation amounts; usual undertaking to Registrar (Judicial) to redeposit; Reference Court enhancement four times SLAO; Union of India / Central Railway respondents; parity with order dated 03.05.2023 in Civil Application No.3613 of 2023 in FAST/35229/2021; FAST/35912/2023, FAST/35918/2023, FAST/35915/2023; Bombay High Court Aurangabad; Prafulla S. Khubalkar; civil applications disposed.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the entire deposited compensation amounts along with interest accrued thereon till date, on usual undertaking to the Registrar (Judicial) to redeposit the amounts immediately if required upon decision of the appeals. ¶31

Shailabai Anadrao Ranshing Vs Union of India Thr the General Manager Central Railway and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the applicants are entitled to withdraw their respective deposited compensation amounts together with the interest accrued thereon. +1 more

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Court's answer

The applicants are permitted to withdraw their entire respective deposited compensation amounts along with the interest accrued thereon till date, on usual undertaking to the satisfaction of the Registrar (Judicial) that, in case the appeals are decided and the claimants/applicants are required to deposit the amounts, they will redeposit the amounts immediately.

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Ratio / Principle

The respondents' insistence on withdrawal of only 75% of the deposited amounts was not accepted, the Court observing that the compensation amounts are meager.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Prafulla S. Khubalkar J., order dated 08.07.2025) disposed of three civil applications (CA 5928/2025 in FAST/35912/2023; CA 5929/2025 in FAST/35918/2023; CA 5930/2025 in FAST/35915/2023) by claimants seeking withdrawal of compensation deposited by the respondents (Union of India thr the General Manager, Central Railway and others) in pending matters in which the Reference Court had granted enhancement four times the SLAO award. Counsel for the respondents, while accepting the enhancement, had insisted on withdrawal of only 75% of the deposited amounts; the Court, observing that the compensation amounts are meager, permitted the applicants to withdraw their entire deposits with interest accrued thereon till date - Rs.1,30,234/- (CA 5928/2025), Rs.2,14,260/- (CA 5929/2025) and Rs.1,46,984/- (CA 5930/2025) - on the usual undertaking to the Registrar (Judicial) that the amounts will be redeposited immediately if required when the appeals are decided, in line with the Court's earlier order dated 03.05.2023 in Civil Application No.3613 of 2023 in FAST/35229/2021 with connected matters.

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2025:BHC-AUG:17770

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( 1 ) 946 CA 5928 OF 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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946 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5928 OF 2025 IN FAST/35912/2023

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NANASAHEB GOVINDRAO RANSHING

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VERSUS

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UNION OF INDIA THR THE GENERAL MANAGER CENTRAL RAILWAY AND OTHERS

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WITH

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CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5930 OF 2025 IN FAST/35915/2023

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RAGHUNATH GOVINDRAO RANSHING

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VERSUS

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UNION OF INDIA THR THE GENERAL MANAGER CENTRAL RAILWAY AND ORS

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WITH

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CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5929 OF 2025 IN FAST/35918/2023

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SHAILABAI ANADRAO RANSHING

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VERSUS

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UNION OF INDIA THR THE GENERAL MANAGER CENTRAL RAILWAY AND ORS

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Mr. S. D. Jayabhar h/f. D. R. Jayabhar, Advocate for Applicant

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Mr. K. N. Lokhande, AGP for Respondent/State

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Mr. R. R. Bangar h/f. Mr. A. G. Talhar, Advocate for Respondents

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CORAM : PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J. DATE : 08.07.2025

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PER COURT :-

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Heard rival submissions. The respective applicants are seeking

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withdrawal of their respective amounts of compensation alongwith the

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interest accrued thereon which have been deposited by the respondents.

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The learned counsel for the applicants submits that the Reference Court has granted enhancement four times than the SLAO. The learned

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( 2 ) 946 CA 5928 OF 2025

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counsel for the respondents also accepted the same, but insisted for withdrawal of only 75% of the deposited amounts. However, it appears that the compensation amounts are meager amounts.

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The learned counsel for the applicants submits that the amounts sought to be withdrawn are Rs.1,30,234/- in Civil Application No.5928 of 2025, Rs.2,14,260/- in Civil Application No.5929 of 2025 and Rs.1,46,984/- in Civil Application No.5930 of 2025. He also submits that, in a similar matter arising out of the same project, this Court has permitted withdrawal of the amounts by order dated 3^rd May 2023 in Civil Application No.3613 of 2023 in FAST/35229/2021 with connected matters and prays for similar orders.

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In view of this, present applicants are permitted to withdraw their entire respective deposited compensation amounts alongwith the interest accrued thereon till date, on usual undertaking to the satisfaction of the Registrar (Judicial) of this Court, stating therein that in case the appeals are decided and the claimants/applicants are required to deposit the amounts, they will redeposit the amounts immediately.

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The Civil Applications are accordingly disposed of.

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( PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J. )

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PRW

Shailabai Anadrao Ranshing v. Union of India Thr the General Manager Central Railway and Ors.

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