-1 - C.A.6535 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6535 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11894 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another ..Appellants Versus Sukhlal Girdhar Choudhari ( Died) LRS Govinda Girdhar Choudhari ..Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State. Mr.A.B.Kale, Advocate for Respondent. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6537 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11888 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants Versus Sitaram Ramdas Sali ..Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.G.A.Nagori & S.G.Nagori, Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6539 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11884 OF 2011 -2 - C.A.6535 of 2011 The State of Maharashtra and anr. .. Appellants Versus Pandharinath Ramdas Gadhave .. Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6541 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11891 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants Versus Chandrakant Vishwanath Shimpi .. Respondent Mr..S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6543 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11875 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another. .. Appellants Versus Bhagwandas Shivaji Totale .. Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH -3 - C.A.6535 of 2011 CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6545 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11880 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants Versus Punam Ajay Baheti .. Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION 6547 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11867 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants versus Kantilal Bansilal Kabra .. Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6549 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11871 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants Versus Parvati Jaysing Pardeshi .. Respondent -4 - C.A.6535 of 2011 Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.6551 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11863 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants Versus Indubai Bapu Patil .. Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. WITH CIVIL APPLICATIO NO.6553 OF 2011 IN FIRST APPEAL STAMP NO.11860 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra and another .. Appellants Versus Dalpat Shravan Patil .. Respondent Mr.S.N.Kendre, AGP for the Appellants/State Mr.A.B.Kale , Advocate for Respondent sole. CORAM : MRS MRIDULA BHATKAR, J. DATE : 23rd September, 2011. -5 - C.A.6535 of 2011 PER COURT :- 1. The issue involved in this group of 10 appeals is same which was decided by this Court. Hence all these appeals are admitted and are heard and disposed of at the stage of admission. The different lands in village Erandol, Taluka Erandol, District Jalgaon by common notification dated 15th October, 1997 were acquired for the purpose of Anjani Medium Project. Special Land Acquisition Officer fixed the amount of compensation for Rs.45,000/- to Rs.60,000/- per Hector depending on the quality, potentiality, fertility of the land and the situation of the land and also considering other factors. Claimants under protest accepted the said amount of the compensation and they all challenged the order of Special Land Acquisition Officer by filing reference applications before the Civil Judge Senior Division, Jalgaon. Reference Court after assessing the evidence before it considered the sale instances produced before it and enhanced the amount of compensation as Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two lacks ) per hector. State being aggrieved by the said enhancement filed all these appeals. 2. Learned counsel for the respondent/claimants produced copies of the orders passed by this Court in First Appeal No.4081 /2007 -6 - C.A.6535 of 2011 dated 19th September, 2008 and common orders of the Division Bench dated 13th March, 2009 and 25th August 2009. All those first appeals are connected appeals. With these appeals, as the lands were acquired by same notification and for the same project and from the same vicinity, by those judgment this Court has accepted the enhancement of the compensation to Rs.2,00,000/- per hector and the judgment of the reference Court in those respective appeals is maintained. 3. Now same view is taken in these appeal also. The reference Court has properly assessed the evidence and has rightly enhanced the amount of the compensation from Rs.45,000/- to Rs.60,000/- to Rs.2,00,000/- per hector. With this appeal, all these appeals are, therefore dismissed. All stay applications in these appeals are also dismissed and disposed of . ( MRS MRIDULA BHATKAR, J. ) (dsp/6534.11 CA)