Municipal Council Tuljapur Thr the Chief Officer, Tuljapur v. Chandrakant S/O Shankar Zadpide and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad (citation 2025:BHC-AUG:14207); Coram: Neeraj P. Dhote, J. (single judge, PER COURT); decided May 08, 2025. Municipal Council Tuljapur (through Chief Officer), Applicant/Acquiring Body (Adv. Krishna K. Kulkarni) versus Chandrakant S/o Shankar Zadpide and Ors (Resp. No.1 – Adv. Sushant B. Choudhari; Resp. Nos.2 & 3 – AGP R. B. Dhaware). Civil Application No. 8879 of 2022 in First Appeal FAST/7419/2022: condonation of 942-day delay in filing first appeal against land acquisition award dated 10.05.2019 in LAR No.146/2013 (3rd Jt. Civil Judge Sr. Div., Osmanabad); delay condoned, application allowed subject to Rs.1000 costs to the Bar Association of the Reference Court. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of 942 days' delay in preferring the First Appeal granted; Civil Application allowed in terms of prayer clause 'B' and disposed of, subject to costs of Rs.1000/- payable by the Applicant to the Bar Association of the learned Reference Court (3rd Jt. Civil Judge Senior Division, Osmanabad).