IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 1580 OF 2009 Laxmibai Gopalrao Patil & Ors. ..........Appellants V/S. The State of Maharashtra ..........Respondent ­­­­­­­­­­­ Ms. Bhavana Khemani i/by. Mr. J.M. Ahuja, adv.for appellants. Mr. V.S. Mhaispurkar, AGP for respondent­State. CORAM:­ SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. DATED :­ 8TH DECEMBER, 2009. P..C. :­ 1. By consent, the appeal is taken up for final disposal at the stage of hearing. 2. This Appeal is filed for claiming enhanced compensation for the land of the appellants acquired by the respondent. Both the advocates state that the Division Bench presided over by the Hon ble Chief Justice, has considered ’ Appeals arising out of the same Notification as in the present Appeal and awarded compensation at a higher rate. The reference court had divided the lands acquired under Notification in 2 categories i.e. Zone­I and Zone­II and awarded compensation at the rate of Rs.55/­ per sq.mtr for Zone­I and Rs.50/­ per sq.mtr for Zone­II. The Division Bench increased the compensation from Rs. 55/­ per sq.mtr to Rs.58.80/­ per sq.mtr for Zone­I and from Rs.50/­ per sq.mtr to Rs.53.55/­ per sq.mtrs for Zone­II respectively. Admittedly the land of the appellants falls in Zone­II. Therefore, the appellants will be entitled to the compensation at the rate of Rs.53.55 sq.mtrs. 3. Hence, First Appeal is allowed. The appellants will be entitled to receive compensation for acquisition of their lands at the rate of Rs.53.55/­ per sq.mtr. They would also be entitled to the extra benefit of Section 23(1A) of the Land Acquisition Act from 1­4­1982 till the date of the Award together with the benefit under Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act in accordance with law. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]