Sonabai Bhimrao Patil Died through Lrs Appasaheb Bhimrao Patil Died through Lrs Ratan and Others v. the State of Maharashtra Thrugh Collector Osmanabad.
Land acquisition – Enhancement of compensation – Benitura medium project
Case brief
What is this about?
First Appeal No. 856 of 2026; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad Bench; Shailesh P. Brahme, J.; decision dated 09.04.2026; Sonabai Bhimrao Patil (through L.Rs.) v. State of Maharashtra (Collector, Osmanabad); land acquisition compensation enhancement; Benitura medium project; village Murum, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad; gut No. 432; 2H 60R; irrigated land rate Rs. 1,20,000/- per acre / Rs. 3,000/- per R; Reference Court L.A.R. No. 376 of 2004; Sections 28 and 34, Land Acquisition Act, 1894; State of Maharashtra v. Kailash Shiva Rangari 2016(3) Mh. L.J. 457 (Full Bench); interest; statutory benefits; delayed period; deficit court fees; coordinate bench orders dated 25.02.2026, 05.02.2026 (F.A. No. 1135 of 2009) and F.A. No. 2978 of 209.
What did the court decide?
First Appeal allowed partly: rate enhanced to Rs. 1,20,000/- per acre (Rs. 3,000/- per R) for irrigated land; interest payable under Sections 28 and 34 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as per Full Bench judgment in State of Maharashtra Vs. Kailash Shiva Rangari (2016(3) Mh. L.J. 457); no interest or statutory benefits for the delayed period; impugned judgment and award otherwise unaltered; appellant to pay deficit court fees; award to be drawn accordingly.