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Anil Vasudeo Khanke v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Collector, Chandrapur and Others

Bombay HC12 Jan 2026WP/3291/2025

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What is this about?

Compensation from date of possession vs date of sale deed execution; disputed questions of fact bar writ adjudication; sale deed recital of possession on execution date denied by petitioner; display board on site showing different dates; photographs; writ petition disposed with liberty to approach appropriate forum; land acquisition/compensation; Collector Chandrapur; State of Maharashtra; Nagpur Bench; Anil Vasudeo Khanke; 12-02-2026.

What did the court decide?

Liberty to the petitioner to file appropriate proceedings before the appropriate forum, if the petitioner so desires. ¶15

Anil Vasudeo Khanke vs the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Collector, Chandrapur and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Liberty to the petitioner to file appropriate proceedings before the appropriate forum, if the petitioner so desires.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner is entitled to compensation from the date of taking possession of the land, his contention being that possession was taken long before the sale deed while payment was made only at the time of execution of the sale deed. +1 more

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Court's answer

The writ petition involves many disputed questions of fact — in particular, the sale deed itself recites that possession of the land was handed over on the date of its execution, which the petitioner denies — and therefore the claim for compensation from the date of possession cannot be decided in the writ petition.

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Ratio / Principle

The discrepancy in dates shown on the display board erected on the site, relied upon by the petitioner through photographs, raises an issue that cannot be decided in the writ petition.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (Anil S. Kilor and Raj D. Wakode, JJ.), 12th February 2026, Writ Petition No. 3291 of 2025 [neutral citation 2026:BHC-NAG:2490-DB] — Anil Vasudeo Khanke v. The State of Maharashtra thr. Collector, Chandrapur and Others. Land compensation claim: the petitioner contended that possession of the land was taken long before the sale deed and payment was made at the time of the sale deed, entitling him to compensation from the date of possession. The Court found the matter involved many disputed questions of fact — particularly the sale deed recital stating that possession was handed over on the date of execution, which the petitioner denied — and further held that the differing dates shown on a display board erected on the site (shown via photographs) could not be decided in the writ petition. Accordingly, the petition was disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file appropriate proceedings before the appropriate forum, if he so desired. No statute or precedent was cited; no quantum was determined.

Anil Vasudeo Khanke v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Collector, Chandrapur and Others

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