Rama Soma Bavaskar (Died) Thr Lrs Shamrao and Ors. v. the Collector Thr the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Utph, Jalgaon and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition compensation appeals (First Appeals 1741/2024, 3001/2024, 2993/2024, 1473/2025; UTPH Jalgaon); Reference Court award fixed rate solely by adopting Maha Lok Adalat settlement rate in companion matters; settlement award challenged by acquiring body via writ petitions from SR Nos. 40 and 42 of 2002; Division Bench order dated 19.07.2016 in Writ Petition No.9424 of 2015 with connected matters relegated companion matters to Reference Court; supervening-event remand: impugned judgments and awards quashed and set aside, matters remanded for fresh decision on merits; parties to appear before Reference Court on 09.03.2026; disposal within nine months; Reference Court to consider Division Bench observations of 19.07.2016; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Shailesh P. Brahme, J.
What did the court decide?
First Appeals allowed partly: impugned judgments and awards of the Reference Court in each appeal quashed and set aside; matters remanded to the Reference Court for fresh decision on their own merits with opportunity of hearing; both parties to appear before the Reference Court on 09.03.2026; matters to be decided within nine months thereafter; Reference Court to decide considering the Division Bench observations of 19.07.2016.