ssm 1 911.cra.360.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL REVISION APPLICTION NO. 360 OF 2010 Balkrushna Shivaji Patil .... Applicant Versus The Collector of Solapur and others ....Respondents __________ Mr. G. M. Savagave for the Applicant. Ms. Vaidehi Mhaispurkar, AGP for the Respondent State. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 18 TH MARCH, 2011. P.C.: Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. By this Revision Application, the Applicant challenges the order dated 15 th June, 2007 vide which the application filed by the present Applicant for making a reference to the Civil Court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 came to be rejected. 3. The award was passed by the Special Land Acquisition ssm 2 911.cra.360.10 Officer No. 11, Solapur. Since the Applicant was not satisfied, he made an application to the Respondent No. 1 for making a reference to the Civil Court. The same is rejected. Hence, this Civil Revision Application under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. 4. From the perusal of the order would reveal that the Respondent No. 1 has gone into merits of the matter. The Apex Court in the case of Dr. G. H. Grant Vs. State of Bihar reported in AIR 196 SC 237 has held that when an application is made to the Collector under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, he is bound to make reference to the Court. 5. In that view of the matter, the order passed by the learned Trial Court is not substantial in law. Civil Revision Application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (c). (B. R. GAVAI, J.)