Ravindra Kashinath Patil and Another v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
land acquisition compensation; national highway; multiplier factor 1.00 vs 2.00; Notification No. LQN.12/2013/C.R. 190 (part-15)/A-2 dt. 05.10.2021; Government Resolutions dt. 06.10.2021 and 14.01.2022 already quashed; Section 30(2) of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013; Section 3A(1) and Section 3G(5) of National Highways Act; Central Government notification dt. 09.02.2016; fresh awards by Competent Authority; Vikrant Happy Homes Private Limited and Others v. Union of India and Others, W.P. No. 8122 of 2022 (followed); Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Land Acquisition Officers Jalgaon and Pachora; villages Umale, Hadsan, Samner, Khadegaon, Bildi, Pahan, Krushnapuri, Goradkheda Budruk, Goradkheda Khurd, Lasgaon, Nandra, Tongaon; group of 12 writ petitions 2023-2024; decided 11.03.2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petitions allowed and Rule made absolute in aforesaid terms; pending applications disposed of. Impugned Awards applying multiplier factor of 1.00 quashed and set aside; Respondent No.5 – Competent Authority directed to issue fresh Awards applying multiplier factor of 2.00 as per Central Government notification dated 9th February, 2016, within 8 weeks from receipt of writ of the Order; Petitioners left free to seek the Section 3-G(5) remedy on quantum, on which the Court expressed no opinion.