1 18-FA.441.2005 ANR.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. 18 FIRST APPEAL NO. 441 OF 2005 THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND ANOTHER VERSUS VASANT NIVRUTTI CHAUDHARI AND FIRST APPEAL NO. 430 OF 2005 THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND ANOTHER VERSUS GANGUBAI SHANKAR PATIL AND ANOTHER ... AGP for Appellant / State : Mr. S. G. Joshi. Advocate for Respondent : Mr. Krishna G. Narwade, h/f Mr. A. B. Kale. ... CORAM : SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J. DATE : 09th March, 2026. P.C.: 1 These appeals are preferred against the judgment and award dated 12th October, 2004 passed by the learned Land Reference Court, District Jalgaon in LAR Nos.197 and 213 of 2001. 2 The learned AGP for the State submits that in view of the policy decision of the State Government as per the Government Resolution dated 03.11.2016 and the corrigendum dated 23.02.2017 issued thereto, the State Government has resolved not to file or contest any appeal where the amount of compensation awarded by the Reference Court is within four times of the amount awarded by the 2026:BHC-AUG:10303 2 18-FA.441.2005 ANR.odt SLAO. He submits that the present first appeal deserves to be disposed of in view of the aforesaid policy decision of the State Government, as the amount of compensation awarded by the Reference Court is within four times of the amount awarded by the SLAO. 3 Considering the submissions of the learned AGP as well as the policy decision of the State Government, the appeals deserve to be disposed of. The first appeals are disposed of accordingly. [ SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J. ] nga