1 F.A. St.No. 28107 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD FIRST APPEAL ST. NO.28107 OF 2010 The State of Mah. & anr. ..APPELLANTS VERSUS Ajaj s/o Mahemudali ..RESPONDENT Mr S.N. Kendre, A.G.P. for the appellants CORAM : MRS MRIDULA BHATKAR, J. DATE : 4th October, 2011 PER COURT : This appeal is directed against the judgment and award passed by the learned Ad hoc District Judge-2, Latur in L.A.R. No.113 of 2005, dated 21.10.2008. 2. The Government issued notification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act on 6.12.2001, by which the land of the respondent/claimant was acquired for the proposed construction of village Tank at village Wanji. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, at the time of acquisition of the land, fixed the price of the land at Rs.690/- per Are. The respondent/claimant accepted the compensation at that rate under protest and reference under section 18 of the Act was made to the District 2 F.A. St.No. 28107 of 2010 Judge, Latur. Before the reference Court the respondent/claimant tendered evidence; oral as well as documentary . On the basis of the three sale instances at Exhs.21, 22 and 24, the Reference Court enhanced the amount of the compensation from Rs.690/- to Rs.2,000/- per Are and other consequential benefits were also awarded. After perusal of the judgment it is found that the Reference Court has relied on the sale instances of the year 2001, 2000 and 2002. In those three sale instances a price was fixed at Rs.5,000/-, Rs.3,500/- and Rs.3,000/- per Are, respectively. The lands in the sale instances are adjacent and hence were comparable. The appreciation of the Reference Court is found appropriate. The amount enhanced by the Reference Court is not excessive and unreasonable. Hence, no merit is found in this appeal. The First Appeal is, therefore, dismissed at the stage of admission. ( MRS MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) amj/fast28107.10