Keru Alias Savalaram Raghunath Deshmukh and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Enhanced land acquisition compensation; non-disbursement despite execution proceedings; mandamus for time-bound deposit; CIDCO liability as beneficiary of acquisition; Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) fresh proposals with interest and statutory benefits; Reference Court disbursement on withdrawal applications; accumulation of interest against public interest; Bombay High Court, Writ Petition Nos. 8037 of 2024, 15848 of 2024, 13108 of 2025, 16153 of 2025; relied orders: Ramesh Shivram Kadu (WP 4356 of 2025) and Dehubai Ramchandra Keni (WP 62 of 2025).
What did the court decide?
Mandamus-type time-bound directions issued: (a) Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) to submit fresh proposals to CIDCO computing amounts payable with interest and all statutory benefits within three weeks of the order copy being produced; (b) CIDCO to deposit the proposed amounts within four weeks of receipt with the Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition); (c) Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) to deposit the amounts with the respective Reference Courts within two weeks; (d) Reference Courts to disburse the amounts expeditiously, within two weeks of the Petitioners' Applications for withdrawal. All pending Applications also disposed of.