Jijabai Divdya Sante and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Department of Land Acquisition and Forest and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Apportionment of compensation objection; land acquisition; Survey No.11(Pt), Mouje Kole, Taluka Kalyan, District Thane; respondent No.2 Sub-divisional Officer Kalyan (SDO); matter closed for orders 02.06.2026; direction to SDO to decide representation/objection in accordance with law; interim restraint on disbursal of compensation; one-week abeyance of compensation disbursal upon adverse order; writ petition disposed; Bombay High Court; coram Manish Pitale & Shreeram V. Shirsat; counsel Sumedh S. Modak (petitioners), Tanu N. Bhatia AGP (State authorities).
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.2 – SDO, Kalyan to decide the petitioners' representation/objection (closed for orders on 02.06.2026) in accordance with law; further direction that if an adverse order is passed against the petitioners, disbursal of compensation shall be kept in abeyance for one week from the date of such order.