{1} IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO.11488 OF 2006 WITH FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.22317 OF 2006 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. APPLICANTS VERSUS Dadabhai Papaji Sayyad (Died) Through LRs RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.11487 OF 2006 WITH FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.22311 OF 2006 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. APPLICANTS VERSUS Annasaheb Sahebrao Ingle & others RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.11486 OF 2006 WITH FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.22333 OF 2006 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. APPLICANTS VERSUS Baburao Yashwanta Kanthale & others RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.11485 OF 2006 WITH FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.22259 OF 2006 The State of Maharashtra & Anr. APPLICANTS VERSUS Govindrao Bajirao Ingale & others RESPONDENTS WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.11489 OF 2006 WITH FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.22301 OF 2006 {2} The State of Maharashtra & Anr. APPLICANTS VERSUS Yashodabai Bajirao Aghar & others RESPONDENTS ....... Mr.V.H.Dighe, AGP for applicant / State Mr.D.R.Jaybhar, Advocate for respondents ....... [CORAM : A.V.POTDAR, J.] DATE : 5 th September 2009 PER COURT: 1. By these civil applications, the applicant / State has prayed for condonation of 168 days delay caused in preferring appeals challenging the judgment and award dated 28.07.2005 passed by 2 nd Ad Hoc Additional District Judge, Beed in land references. 2. It appears that the judgment impugned in the first appeals is passed on 28.07.2005, certified copy was applied for on 02.08.2005 and the same was ready and supplied on 28.02.2006. Thereafter, the proposal was sent to Law and Judiciary Department for sanction of appeals. It also appears that proposal was received from Law and Judiciary Department in the office of AGP on 26.05.2006. Accordingly, appeals came to be drafted and submitted on 07.09.2006. However, the appeals are filed on 08.11.2006 along with applications for condonation of delay. The applications do not provide sufficient and satisfactory reasons as to why appeals are not filed after the same were drafted and were ready by all means on 07.09.2006. {3} 3. Apart from this, even on merit also it can be seen that the Special Land Acquisition Officer has granted compensation @ Rs.190/- to Rs.210/- per R whereas the reference court has awarded compensation @ Rs.500/- per R, that too relying on the judgment of this Court passed in a first appeal wherein this court has granted amount of compensation to the adjoining lands to the tune of Rs.50,000/- per hectare for dry lands, Rs.75,000/- per hectare to the seasonal irrigated lands and Rs.10,000/- per hectare to the pot kharab lands. Therefore, the compensation granted by the reference court cannot be said to be exorbitant. 4. In the result, on merit also the applicant / State has no case. As no sufficient and satisfactory reasons are mentioned in the application for condonation of delay, the civil applications stand dismissed. 5. As civil applications for condonation of delay are dismissed, the first appeals do not survive and hence stand rejected. The applicant / State is entitled for refund of court fees, as per rules. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] drp/ca11488-06