FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WP425.11 group. WRIT PETITION NO. 425 OF 2011 “Ramchandra Sukram Maher Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others” APPEARANCES :- Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 10 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.11. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4235 OF 2011 “Popat Vishnu Dare and others Vs. State of Maharashtra and others” APPERANCES :- Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 7 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.8. With WRIT PETITION NO. 4272 OF 2011 “Dnyaneshwar Harishchandra Dolas Vs. State of Maharashtra and others” APPEARANCES : Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. S.N. Kendre, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 7 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.8. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4237 OF 2011 “Dhupaji s/o. Chaguna Kapse and others Vs. State of Maharashtra and others” APPEARANCES : Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 7 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.8. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4268 OF 2011 “Maruti Bala Kapse and others Vs. State of Maharashtra and others” APPEARANCES : Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. S.N. Kendre, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 7 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.8. FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WP425.11 group. WITH WRIT PETITIION NO. 4273 OF 2011 “Ramchandra s/o. Sakharam Kolhe through LRs. Vs. State of Maharashtra and others” APPEARANCES : Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mr. S.N. Kendre, for respondent Nos. 1 to 7 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.8. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4274 OF 2011 “Sahebrao s/o. Pandurang Davange and others Vs.State of Maharashtra and others.” APPEARANCES : Mr. S.S. Dambe, Advocate for petitioner, Mrs. V.A. Shinde, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to10 Mr. Umkant Patil, AGP for respondent No.11. CORAM :- D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. DATE :- 17TH JUNE, 2011. PER COURT :- 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. 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 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WP425.11 group. 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 10-12 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, even after more than 10-12 months, the petitioners have not received the FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WP425.11 group. amounts of compensation. If the amounts of compensation settled in the Lok Adalats are not paid within the stipulated time, the very objective of disposing of 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 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 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WP425.11 group. 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. 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. [S.B. DESHMUKH,J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] grt/-