(1) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 11480 OF 2010 Gulab Bajirao Bhosale and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 419 OF 2011 Aishabegum Shaikh Abdul Kadar PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 426 OF 2011 Vilas Manikrao Chobe PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 438 OF 2011 Bharatsing Motising Rajput PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1201 OF 2011 Mansaram Kisanrao Ahiwad and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1251 OF 2011 Dada Ramji Rothe and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS (2) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2575 OF 2011 Subhash S/o Kashinath Gore and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2578 OF 2011 Namdeo Raibhan Karpe and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2588 OF 2011 Eknath Punjaba Moal and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2604 OF 2011 Chandrabhan Sampat Kapse and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 3018 OF 2011 Baban Keshav Gore and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 9834 OF 2010 Ramnath Bajirao Ainor and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS (3) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 9835 OF 2010 Ganpat Deorao Shinde and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 10992 OF 2010 Bhausaheb Ramkishan Kakade and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 11168 OF 2010 Durgabai Parasram Karhale and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 11433 OF 2010 Bala S/o Rustum Pathade PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 11470 OF 2010 Chagan S/o Abarao Jadhav and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... ADVOCATES FOR THE PETITIONER/S Mr. P.S. Shinde, Advocate h/f. Mr. S.G. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner. (W.P. 11480.2010; WP 1201.2011; WP 1251.2011; WP. 10992.2010; WP 11433.2010 and WP 11470.2010) Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate (W.P. 419.2011; 426.2011 and 438.2011) (4) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP Mr. N.R. Jamdhade, Advocate (WP 2575.2011; WP 2578.2011; WP 2588.2011; W.P. 2604.2011) Mr. S.D. Khotkar, Advocate h/f. Mr. C.K. Sonawane, Advocate (W.P. 3018.2011) Mr. N.J. Pahune Patil, Advocate (WP 9834.2010 and WP 9835.2010) Mr. P.F. Patni, Advocate (W.P. 11168.2010) ADVOCATES FOR THE RESPONDENTS Mr. N.B. Khandare, Govt. Pleader for the Respondent-State in all Petitions Mr. U.B. Bondar, Advocate for respondent no.9 (in W.P. 11480.2010; WP. 10992.2010; WP 1201.2011 and WP 1251.2011) and for respondent no.11 (In W.P. 419 of 2011) Mr. Umakant K. Patil, Advocate for respondent no.7 (In WP. 2575.2011; WP. 2578.2011; WP. 2588.2011; WP. 2604.2011 and W.P. 3018.2011); for respondent no.8 (In W.P. 9834.2010; W.P. 9835.2010; for respondent nos.7 and 8 (W.P. 11168.2010) and for respondent no.11 (In W.P. 426.2011) Mr. S.V. Shinde, Advocate for respondent no. 9 (W.P. 11433.2010) Mr. R.F. Totala, Advocate for respondent no.9 (W.P. 11470.2010) Ms. Manjusha A. Deshpande, Advocate for the respondent in W.P. 10992.2010) ..... CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 19TH APRIL, 2011 ORAL ORDER:- 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. (5) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP Learned counsel for the respondents waive service. With the consent, all the Petitions are taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2. In these Writ Petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for direction to the concerned respondents to deposit the monies of compensation awarded by way of settlement in the Lok-Adalats. It is very unfortunate that despite the Land References filed by the petitioners being settled in the Lok-Adalat more than 8-10 months ago, the amounts of compensation are not paid till this date. 3. The petitioners had filed Reference Applications under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and by consent their references were placed before the Lok Adalat held on different dates. In the Lok Adalat, their Reference Applications were amicably settled with directions to the concerned respondents to make payment of the compensation within six months. In all the Petitions, the period of six months got over long back and till this date, the petitioners have not received the amounts of (6) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP compensation. If the amounts of compensation settled in the Lok Adalats are not paid within the stipulated time, the very objective of placing such matters in the Lok Adalat will get frustrated and will further discourage the litigants and the lawyers from giving consents for placing their Reference Applications in Lok Adalat. All concerned including the State Government should, therefore, issue directions to all concerned to pay the amounts of compensation settled in Lok Adalat within the time stipulated in the order. 4. In these Writ Petitions, after having considered the overall facts and circumstances of the case, we issue direction to the concerned respondents, namely the Acquiring bodies and/or the Land Acquisition Officers to make payments of the amounts in terms of the orders passed by the Lok Adalat within a period of four (4) months from today. The learned Government Pleader and the learned Advocates for the Acquiring bodies are directed to communicate this order to the concerned respondents within a period of four (4) weeks from today. (7) WP. 11480.2010+GROUP 5. Rule is accordingly made absolute in terms of this order. 6. A copy of this order, duly authenticated by the Court Sheristedar, be provided to the learned counsel for the parties, on their request. Sd/- Sd/- [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] arp