1 905-fa-1588-2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD FIRST APPEAL NO. 1588 OF 2023 Jubedabi w/o Badul Kadar Shaikh (died) Through LRs. 1. Abdul Rahim s/o Abdul Khadar, Age: 68 years, Occu: Agri. 2. Abdul Majid s/o Abdul Khadar Age: 62 years, Occu: Agri. 3. Abdul Samad s/o Abdul Khadar Age: 47 years, Occu: Agri. Claimant Nos.1 and 2 through their G.P.A. holder, Claimant No.3. All are R/o: Ravangaon, Tq. Mukhed, Dist. Nanded. At Present, R/o Shobha Nagar, Police Colony, Nanded. Tq. & Dist. Nanded. …..APPELLANTS (Original Claimants) VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through District Collector, Nanded. 2. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, M.I.W. Nanded. 3. The Executive Engineer, Vishnupuri Project Division No.1, Jangamwadi, Nanded, Since, this Departmentis abolished – at present Lendi Project Division, Degloor, Office at Bhaktapur, Tq. Degloor and Dist. Nanded. …..RESPONDENTS (Original Respondents) ______________________________________________________ Mr. S. M. Kakde, Advocate for Appellants Mr. S. P. Sonpawale, AGP for Respondent-State Mr. B. V. Virdhe, Advocate for Respondent no.3 ______________________________________________________ 2026:BHC-AUG:41244 2 905-fa-1588-2023 CORAM : AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. DATED : 04TH SEPTEMBER, 2026 P.C. :- . Feeling aggrieved by the judgment and award dated 21.11.2009 passed by learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Link Court, Mukhed, in L.A.R. (New) No.66 of 2007/L.A.R. (Old) No.54/2006 the claimants are before this court. 2. At the request of Mr. S. M. Kakde, learned advocate for the appellants, the First Appeal is taken up for final disposal at admission stage. The appellants were owner of agricultural land admeasuring 1 H 51 R situated at Gut No.12/B at Mauje Ravangaon, Tahsil Mukhed, Dist. Nanded. The said land is acquired by respondent nos.2 and 3 for a public purpose namely Lendi Project. It was a compulsory acquisition for the purpose of submergence area for said Lendi Project. The entire procedure for land acquisition was conducted as per the Land Acquisition Act. The compensation was awarded at the rate of Rs.67,230/- per hectare. 3. Feeling aggrieved by the deficit compensation, the appellant lodged Land Acquisition Reference before the reference court. After hearing the parties and scrutinizing the evidence, compensation was granted to the appellant 3 905-fa-1588-2023 enhancing rate to Rs.82,230/- per hectare. Feeling aggrieved thereby, present appeal is filed by the claimants. 4. The appeal is pressed for final disposal citing an order dated 14.08.2026 passed by this court in First Appeal No.3206 of 2009 (Anwaribegum Asifoddin Patel Vs. State of Maharashtra and others). Mr. Kakade, learned advocate for the appellants submits that the cited matter also arises out of the same land acquisition proceedings which is the subject- matter of present appeal. It is further submitted that placing reliance on earlier order dated 18.06.2026 passed by this court in First Appeal No.3676 of 2008 and connected matters, this court granted enhancement to those appellants fixing the rate as follows:- Non-Irrigated Land Irrigated Land Semi-Irrigated Land Rs.2,723/- per R Rs.5,446/- Per R Rs.4,084/- per R 5. It is further submitted that in the cited matter, for the part of interest reliance is placed on the judgment rendered by the full bench of this court in the case of State of Maharashtra Vs. Kailas Shiva Rangari, 2016(4) All MR 513. 6. Mr. Kakade, learned advocate submits that the appellants’ land is dry land and hence on the principle of 4 905-fa-1588-2023 parity, enhancement may be granted at the rate of Rs.2,723 per R, as is ordered in Anwaribegum Asifoddin Patel (supra). 7. Mr. B. V. Virdhe, learned advocate for respondent no.3 fairly agrees with the submissions made by Mr. Kakade, learned advocate for the appellants. He would not dispute that the subject-matter land of the present appellants is not different from the land for which this court had fixed rates by the cited order. As such, he submits that the First Appeal may be disposed of in terms of the cited order. 8. In view the above, I have no hesitation to allow the appeal partly. Hence, I pass the following order:- O R D E R I. The First Appeal is partly allowed. II. The judgment and award dated 21.11.2009 passed by learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Link Court, Mukhed, in L.A.R. (New) No.66 of 2007/L.A.R. (Old) No.54 of 2006 is modified to the following extent. III. The appellants-claimants shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of Rs.2,723/- per R for non-irrigated land admeasuring 1 H 51 R situated at Gut No.12/B at village Ravangaon, Taluka Mukhed, District Nanded. 5 905-fa-1588-2023 IV. The appellants-claimants shall be entitled to all consequential statutory benefits on the enhanced compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. V. The appellants - claimants shall be entitled to interest under Section 34 of the Act, strictly in accordance with the Full Bench decision in State of Maharashtra vs. Kailas Shiva Rangari, (supra). VI. The appellants - claimants shall not be entitled to statutory benefits for the period of delay, if any, condoned by this Court. VII. The appellants - claimants shall deposit the deficit court fees, if any, within a period of four weeks from today. VIII. The rest of the Judgment and Award passed by the learned Reference Court stands confirmed. IX. The acquiring body shall deposit the amount of enhanced compensation in this court within a period of six months from today. Upon such deposit, the appellants are permitted to withdraw such amount without making any separate Civil Application. X The modified Award be drawn accordingly. ( AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. ) Rushikesh/2026