The Executive Engineer Osmanabad Medium Project Division v. Pandurang Navnath Atule and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Extension-of-time applications by the acquiring body (Executive Engineer, Osmanabad Medium Project Division) to deposit the cheque for the entire compensation amount, pursuant to Bombay HC (Aurangabad Bench) order dated 20th February 2024 that conditioned interim relief in the underlying first appeals (FAST/36825/2023, FAST/36817/2023, FAST/36812/2023) on deposit of the whole compensation within 12 weeks; delay attributed to paucity of funds with the Corporation; applications allowed on 26 June 2025 by Prafulla S. Khubalkar, J., with directions to the Office to accept the cheque within one week; claimants served but absent and State respondents unopposed. Relevant to compliance timelines for conditional interim relief and deposit directions in land-compensation appeals. No statutory provision or precedent was cited or engaged in this short order.
What did the court decide?
Extension of time granted; the Office is directed to accept the cheque for the amount of compensation to be deposited by the Applicant within one week; the civil applications are disposed of.