1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR First Appeal No. 667 of 2009 Appellant : Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation, through its Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Dvn.II Chikhali, District Buldana versus Respondents : 1) Bhaskar Sakharam Rokade, aged Major, occ: Cultivator, resident of Sawangi (G), Tah. Chikhali, Dist. Buldana 2) The State of Maharashtra, through Collector, Buldana 3) The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Buldana 2 Shri A.B. Patil, Advocate for appellant Respondent no.1 served. Shri A.D. Sonak, AGP for respondents no.2 and 3 Coram : S.A. Bobde & P.D. Kode, JJ Dated : 4th May 2010 Oral Judgment (Per S.A. Bobde, J) 1. Heard. Admit. Taken up for final hearing by consent of parties. 2. Admittedly, appellant-acquiring body was not party before the Reference Court and also no notices were issued to it in the land acquisition proceedings. We consider it appropriate to set aside the Award of the Reference Court and remit the matter back for decision afresh after permitting the appellant to be impleaded as a party to the proceeding and after permitting fresh evidence to be led. 3. Appeal allowed with the above direction. P.D. KODE, J S.A. BOBDE, J hsj