1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. Civil Application No. 762 of 2009 AND First Appeal St. No. 771 of 2009 [The State of Maharashtra & another Vs. Nagorao Narayanrao Wanjari] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mr. J.B. Jaiswal, AGP for appellants. ----- CORAM : A.H. JOSHI, J. DATE : 28th April, 2009. 1. First Appeal by the State challenging enhanced Award is delayed by 540 days. 2. Heard learned AGP Mr. J. B. Jaiswal for the appellants-State. 3. Before considering the application for condonation of delay, it is necessary to take into account the merit of appeal. 4. It is seen that the Land Acquisition Officer awarded Rs.49,500-00 per hectare as market price prevailing on 2 nd June, 1998. 2 5. Admittedly, the land is adjacent to village, which is in the periphery of four kilometers of Katol town. Thus, for all purposes, the land has high urban potential. 6. Enhanced Award is for Rs.1,75,000-00 per hectare. Apparently, enhancement is almost double the Award of the Land Acquisition Officer. 7. The approximate per square foot value of the land, as awarded by the Land Acquisition Officer, comes to Re.1/- and paise 40, and now the enhancement is double the same. Considering the urban potential, enhancement done by the Land Acquisition Officer is not shown to be on higher side. 8. These facts disclose that hearing the application for condonation of delay is an unworthy exercise of loss of time. 9. In the circumstances, application and appeal are dismissed. Judge |Hedau| 3