(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 9411 OF 2010 1. Hanumant s/o. Kaka Pawar, Age : 39 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 2. Gajendra s/o. Vitthalrao Suryawanshi, Age : 58 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 3. Vijay s/o. Rambhau Suryawanshi, Age : 52 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 4. Vikram s/o. Rambhau Surwanshi, Age : 45 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 5. Ratnadeep s/o. Prakash Patil, Age : 36 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 6. Pradip s/o. Prakash Patil, Age : 34 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 7. Shantabai w/o. Hanmunt Shinde, Age : 50 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 8. Shivaji s/o. Bhagwan Londhe, Age : 47 years, Occupation : Agriculture. (2) 9. Bibshin s/o. Bhagwan Londhe, Age : 40 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 10. Jivan s/o. Bhagwan Londhe, Age : 62 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 11. Yamunabai w/o. Limbhaji Shinde, Age : 66 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 12. Nagnath s/o. Ganpathi Dongare (died), Through L.R., Shishkala w/o. Nagnath Dongare, Age : 60 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 13. Ananta s/o. Nana Suryawanshi, Age : 65 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 14. Janardhan s/o. Nivruthi Pawar, Age : 70 years, Occupation : Agriculture. 15. Murlidhar s/o. Tukaram Sharekar (Died), Through L.R., Shahuraj s/o. Murlidhar Sharekar, Age : 50 years, Occupation : Agriculture, All R/o. Sanja, Taluka & District : Osmanabad. .. Petitioners. versus (3) 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 2. The Collector, Osmanabad, District : Osmanabad. 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, P.T. & MIW No.1, at Osmanabad, Collector Office Premises, Osmanabad. 4. The Assistant Charity Commissioner, Osmanabad, District : Osmanabad. 5. The President, Shriram Mandir Devasthan Trust, Kasba Tadwale (K), Taluka : Osmanabad. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. V.V. Ingale, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. K.G. Patil, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.1 to 4. ........................ (4) CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & R.M. BORDE, JJ. DATE : 9TH DECEMBER 2010 COURT'S ORDER (Per B.R. Gavai, J.) : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. As no order, prejudicial to the interest of respondent no.5, is being passed, service of notice, upon rule, on the said respondent is waived. 3. It is not in dispute, that the facts in the present case are identical with the facts in a bunch of petitions decided by this Court i.e. Writ Petition No. 6710/2008 and companion petitions, by judgment and order dated 3rd November 2009. In that view of the matter, the petition deserves to be allowed. 4. In the result, the petition is allowed. The respondent nos.1 to 3 are directed to pay 50 percent amount of compensation to the petitioners as per award dated 8th November 2006, passed by the respondent no.3, within a period (5) of eight weeks from today. 5. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. However, there shall be no order as to costs. ( R.M. BORDE ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/9411wp