1 fast24094-98 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION rpa FIRST APPEAL ST. NO.24094 OF 1998 ALONGWITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 6147 OF 2000 The State of Maharashtra .. Appellant V/s. Nana Dharma Patil .. Respondent ..... Mr. A. R. Patil, AGP for the applicant. None for the respondent. ..... CORAM : A. S. OKA, J. DATE : MARCH 15, 2011. ORAL JUDGMENT :- This Appeal takes an exception to the Judgment and Award made under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the “said Act”). The acquisition relates to the lands at village Vahal in Panvel Taluka of district Raigad which was notified under Section 4(1) of the said act on 3rd February, 1970 for the public purpose of setting up satellite city of Navi Mumbai. By the impugned Award, the Reference Court has fixed the market value at the rate of Rs.6/- per square meter. In addition to market value, statutory benefits have been granted. 2 fast24094-98 2. In case of similarly situated land in the same village, the Apex Court in the case of Avinash Dhavaji Naik V/s. State of Maharashtra [(2009) 11 SCC 171], has fixed the marked value at the rate of Rs.10/- per square meters. The acquisition of the land subject matter of Appeal before the Apex Court was on the basis of the notification under Section 4(1) of the same date for the same public purpose. The Apex Court held that the market value of the land at village Vahal on the relevant date Rs. 10/- per square meters. In this circumstances, it is not possible to find fault with the impugned Award by which the market value has been fixed at the rate of Rs.6/- per square meter. Appeal is, accordingly, dismissed with no order as to costs. 3. Civil Application No.6147 of 2000 does not survive and the same is disposed of. JUDGE