1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 257 OF 2004 Ganpat Kesu Ghule & others ....Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & others ....Respondents. Shri. S.S. Kulkarni h/f. Shri. S.D. Kulkarni, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri. K.S. Patil, AGP for the respondents. CORAM : R.K. DESHPANDE, J. DATE : 26th November, 2009 ORAL ORDER : 1. This contempt petition complains bout willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 27th of February 2002 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No. 509/2002. By this order, this Court had directed the respondents to pay the redetermined amount of compensation under section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act to the petitioners within a period of two months from the date of the order together with interest, as provided under the Land Acquisition Act. The learned counsel for the petitioner Shri. S.S. Kulkarni states that the 2 total amount due from the respondent is Rs. 3,07,198/-, whereas the respondents have filed an affidavit, wherein it has been stated in para 4 that the amount redetermined as per section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act along with interest as per award is of Rs. 1,89,883/- and the said amount is less than the amount deposited in the Court. The detail chart regarding calculations is also annexed. 2. If this is the determination by the respondents under section 28-A of the land Acquisition Act, then the person aggrieved has a remedy under sub-section (3) of section 28-A, to challenge the correctness of such award. This Court has not directed the respondents to pay an amount of Rs. 3,07,198/-. The correctness or otherwise of such determination of compensation cannot be gone into in contempt jurisdiction. In view of this, I do not find any reason to proceed with the contempt proceedings. The petitioners are at liberty to avail such appropriate remedies as are available to them in law for challenging the said award. 3. With these observations, the petition is dismissed. [ R.K. DESHPANDE, J. ] ssc/cp257.04