Union of India through the General Manager Central Railway C.S.T. Mumbai. v. Maruti Rangnath Desai
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition; Reference Court judgments and awards; batch of first appeals and cross objections by acquiring body (Executive Engineer, Central Railway, Pune) and private claimants; condonation of delay in filing cross objections allowed without conditions (no malafides inferred; delay of smaller length); village wise classification and listing of appeals directed since rates fixed village wise; DSGI to tender final village wise list by 25.03.2026; listing on 30.03.2026 first on board; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Shailesh P. Brahme, J.; procedural/batch-management order, no decision on merits.
What did the court decide?
Civil applications for delay in preferring cross objections (Sr. Nos. 909, 915, 916, 917 and 918) allowed and the delay condoned without imposing any condition. The first appeals and remaining matters were not decided on merits; the Court directed village wise classification and listing of the appeals: the final village wise list is to be submitted by the acquiring body (learned DSGI Mr. Talhar) to the Office by 25.03.2026, the Office to list the matters village wise on 30.03.2026, and the matters to be listed first on board on that date.