:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 252 OF 1994 FIRST APPEAL NO. 252 OF 1994 FIRST APPEAL NO. 252 OF 1994 Mohammed Sadiq Badruddin Patel ..Appellant versus The State of Maharashtra ..Respondents Mr. Rajiv Patil for the Appellant. Mr. S. N. Gawade, AGP for the Respondents -State. CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE,J. CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE,J. CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE,J. DATE : 10TH MARCH, 2005 DATE : 10TH MARCH, 2005 DATE : 10TH MARCH, 2005 ORAL ORDER : ORAL ORDER : ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard counsel for the Appellant and learned AGP for the State. 2. This Appeal is filed by the original claimant for enhancement of compensation. The land is situate at Taloja. The Division Bench of this Court in First Appeal No. 950 of 1985 by an order dated 10.1.2001 has awarded Rs.25/- for lands in Taloja. In a group of Appeals decided by Division Bench of this Court in First Appeal No. 875 of 1985 and 30 other First Appeals with 4 Cross Objections, by an order dated 16.3.2000, which was followed by my subsequent judgements, a criteria that was :2: applied was distance of the acquired land from Bombay Pune National Highway. In this case the acquired land is as per the report of Expert Jeevan Kulkarni is situate within 500 meters of Bombay Pune National Highway and therefore this Appeal is to be allowed and compensation awarded to the claimant has to be fixed at Rs.25/- per sq.meter. Therefore, Order: ORDER ORDER ORDER . Appeal is partly allowed. . Order awarding compensation passed by the Reference Court is modified. The Appellant - Claimant will be entitled to receive Rs.25/- per sq. meter as compensation for the acquired land along with enhanced solatium and interest. No order as to costs. 10.3.2005 (D.G. DESHPANDE, J.)