1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD FIRST APPEAL NO. 797 OF 2010 FIRST APPEAL NO. 799 OF 2010 FIRST APPEAL NO. 801 OF 2010 FIRST APPEAL NO. 805 OF 2010 FIRST APPEAL NO. 806 OF 2010 FIRST APPEAL NO. 815 OF 2010 FIRST APPEAL NO. 816 OF 2010 Office Notes,Office Memoranda of Coram,appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders CORAM : S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J. DATED : 26.11.2010 1. The present respondents/ original claimants have preferred Reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, being aggrieved by the less amount of compensation awarded by the S.L.A.O. The Reference Court marginally enhanced the same. The State has filed appeals against said awards passed by the Reference Court. 2. Smt. Kshirsagar, learned A.G.P. states that the Reference Court without any evidence on record has 2 enhanced the amount. There are no sale instances which could have been considered. Exh.31 could not have been considered as the land in the said sale-deed was not similarly situated. 3. I have gone through the record and proceedings. The Reference Court has marginally enhanced the compensation amount in all the matters. The maximum amount that is enhanced is about Rs. 13,200/- in one matter and the enhancement in other references is between Rs. 1,870/- to Rs. 10,000/-. In-fact, the State should not have filed appeals against such marginal increase in the enhancement amount. The Reference Court has considered the sale-deed Exh. 31 and has made necessary reduction while granting the compensation amount. It was observed by the Reference Court that the village where the property was situated, was to be provided with the facility of irrigation in near future, which would have increased the potentiality of the land. 3 4. In light of above, the First Appeals are dismissed, however, with no order as to costs. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J.] snk/2010/NOV10/fa797.10