IN THE COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9792 OF 2009. WITH FIRST APPEAL NO. 1231 OF 2007. Dharamsi Dwarkadas Bhatiya .. Applicant V E R S U S The State of Maharashtra .. Respondent .... Mr. S.J.Bharuka, Advocate h/f Mr.R.R.Mantri Advocate for applicant. Mr.V.D.Godbharle, A.G.P for respondent. .... CORAM : A.V.NIRGUDE, J. DATE : 1st October,2009. PER COURT : 1. Heard. 2. The present appeal is filed against the judgment and award passed by the learned Civil Judge Senior Division, Aurangabad in Land Acquisition Reference No. 143 of 1999, under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. Soon after the award was passed,present appeal was filed, but since appellant-State did not deposit court fees, the appeal got rejected. In the meantime, 2 respondent/claimant filed his Appeal (First Appeal No. 843 of 2002). It was allowed after hearing both sides, including present appellant-State. This Court allowed appeal and enhanced the amount of compensation. This judgment was delivered on 14th September,2006. Thereafter, the acquiring body Godawari Irrigation Development Corporation sought review of the judgment dated 14th September,2006, but the same was dismissed. It is, after these events, the present appeal came to be registered only because rather belated appellant-State deposited the Court fees. The appeal would not survive because of intervening events that are enumerated above. The challenge of the State to the impugned award is now infructuous. The impugned award is now merged into judgment and award passed by this court in First Appeal No. 843 of 2002. The appeal is, therefore, dismissed. Consequently, the Civil Application NO. 9792 OF 2009 stands disposed of. ( A.V.NIRGUDE, J.) MTK/ca.9792.09