Vijay Ramrao Karadbhajane and Another v. State of Maharashtra, Thr. Collector, Rehabilitaion Dept., Nagpur and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition without due process; compensation claim against VIDC (respondent no.3) for rehabilitation; 25R of Survey No.67, 2R of Survey No.69 and 15R allegedly taken; respondent relied on re-measurement and boundary correction vide SDO Saoner order dated 20.10.2023 (original proposal: Survey Nos. 59-64/2, Mouza-Badegaon); damages for tree-cutting and compound-wall removal left to appropriate legal remedy; three writ petitions (WP 5191, 5707, 5236 of 2024) disposed of, no costs. Neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:8754-DB; Nagpur Bench; bench Anil S. Kilor and Rajnish R. Vyas, JJ.; advocates A. V. Khare, S. M. Ukey, J.B. Kasat, P. S. Wathore.
What did the court decide?
In view of the categorical statement of respondent no.3 that not a single inch of the petitioners' land is needed or intended to be acquired, and that respondent no.3 has no possession over the petitioners' land owing to reduction in the total area of the acquired land, nothing survives for adjudication in these writ petitions.