Area General Manager, Western Coalfields Limited, Nagpur Area v. Dattu S/O Sadashiv Raut and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Land acquisition compensation enhancement; non-impleadment of acquiring body as party respondent in reference; quashing of reference Court judgment and decree; remand for fresh decision; direction to decide reference within three months; Area General Manager WCL Nagpur as acquiring body/appellant; First Appeal No.865/2024; Land Acquisition Case No.182/1994 (Dattu vs. Special Land Acquisition Officer), 14th Jt. Civil Judge, Sr. Dn., Nagpur; U.P. Awas Evam Vikas Parishad vs Gyan Devi (dead) by L.Rs., AIR 1995 SC 724; Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; decided 13-01-2026; single judge (Prafulla S. Khubalkar, J.).
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed and disposed of: impugned judgment and decree dated 17-05-2019 in LAC No.182/1994 quashed and set aside; matter remanded to the reference Court for fresh decision after impleading the appellant/acquiring body as party respondent and hearing all parties; reference Court to decide preferably within three months.