1 FAST No.11878 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD First Appeal Stamp No.11878 Of 2010 With Civil Application No.7000 Of 2010 The State of Maharashtra Through Collector, Osmanabad. .. Appellant. Versus Kondiba Kundlik Navgire. .. Respondent. -------- With First Appeal Stamp No.12061 Of 2010 With Civil Application No.7004 Of 2010 The State of Maharashtra Through Collector, Osmanabad. .. Appellant. Versus Nagnath Vithoba Deokar. .. Respondent. -------- With First Appeal Stamp No.12067 Of 2010 With Civil Application No.7002 Of 2010 2 FAST No.11878 of 2010 The State of Maharashtra Through Collector, Osmanabad. .. Appellant. Versus Rama Tatya Jadhav. .. Respondent. -------- Shri. S.N. Kendre, Assistant Government Pleader, for appellant. -------- CORAM: R.M. BORDE, J. DATE: 3rd AUGUST 2011 PER COURT : 1) These are the appeals presented by the State of Maharashtra raising exception to the judgment and award passed in Land Acquisition Reference No.154 of 1991 decided by the Joint Civil Judge Senior Division Osmanabad on 7-2-2008 and Land Acquisition Reference Nos.157 of 1991 and 158 of 2991 decided by the Joint Civil Judge Senior Division Osmanabad dated 29-11-2007. Agricultural lands of the claimants situate at village Deokurli, Taluka Tuljapur, District Osmanabad have been acquired for construction of percolation tank at village Deokurli (Bk), Taluka Tuljapur, District Osmanabad. The Land Acquisition Officer passed an award and 3 FAST No.11878 of 2010 determined value of the acquired land at the rate of Rs.4,000/- per hectare i.e. at the rate of Rs.1,600/- per acre. 2) The claimants being dissatisfied with the amount granted by the Land Acquisition Officer, tendered separate applications seeking reference of the matter to the Civil Court for determination of value of the acquired land. The claimants claimed compensation at the rate of Rs.20,000 per acre. On consideration of the evidence led by the claimant, the Reference Court determined the value of the acquired property at Rs. 15000/- per acre i.e. at the rate of Rs.375 per R. 3) I have perused the judgment and award passed by the reference Court and heard arguments advanced by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State also made available for perusal the copies of the evidence on which reliance is placed by the claimants before the Reference Court to substantiate their claim. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the meagre enhancement in amount of compensation determined by the reference Court I am of the view that, the appeals presented by the State do not deserve favourable consideration. The appeals are devoid of merit, hence stand dismissed. 4 FAST No.11878 of 2010 4) The Civil Applications filed for stay to the impugned judgment and award do not survive and accordingly disposed of. Sd/- (R.M. BORDE, J.) rsl