Dilwale 1 298-FA-1965-09.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 298 FIRST APPEAL NO. 1965 OF 2009 The State Of Maharashtra And Ors VERSUS Manohar Ramkrishna Bhule ... AGP for Appellants/State : Mr. S. S. Dande CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. DATE : 29.09.2026 PER COURT : 1. As the acquisition proceeding is of the year 1986, the appeal is being heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. By this appeal, the appellants/State is aggrieved by the judgment and award dated 02.04.1997 passed by the learned Joint CJSD, Latur in LAR No.1198/1992, whereby the learned Reference Court enhanced the compensation. 3. The land of the claimants was acquired through notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”) was published in 1986, award was passed on 20.01.1992, possession of the land was taken in 1986. 4. Learned AGP submits that the compensation granted by the learned Reference Court is within four times the compensation granted by the 2026:BHC-AUG:46992 Dilwale 2 298-FA-1965-09.odt SLAO. 5. In fact the State Government vide Government Resolution No.Sankirna-2014/Prak.Kra.4/Bham-1/A-4 dated 3rd November 2016 with Corrigendum dated 23 February 2017 and 13th August 2018 to the said Government Resolution, took a decision not to challenge the reference, if compensation is enhanced only upto four times. 6. Therefore, I do not find any reason to intervene with the impugned award. Hence, the present Appeal is dismissed. 7. In view of dismissal of the Appeal, pending Civil Applications, if any, do not survive and are disposed of accordingly. [ SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. ]