Dilwale 1 7-FA-242-10.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 7 FIRST APPEAL NO. 242 OF 2010 The State Of Maharashtra & Anr VERSUS Prayagbai Kashinathrao Kulkarni And Ors ... Advocate for Appellants : Mr. S. G. Sangle AGP for Appellant-State: Mr. S. N. Morampalle Advocate for Respondents : Adv. R. P. Adgaonkar ... CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. DATE : 29.09.2026 PER COURT : 1. As the acquisition proceeding is of the year 1996, the appeal is being heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. By this appeal, the appellants are aggrieved by the judgment and award dated 30.10.2007 passed by the Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Latur in LAR No.150/2000, whereby the learned Reference Court enhanced the compensation. 3. The land of the claimants was acquired for Rena Medium Project at village Pangaon Tal. Renapur Dist. Latur. Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”) was published on 07.11.1996, award under Section 11 of the Act was passed on 08.07.1999. The SLAO awarded compensation @ Rs.38,800/- per Acre. 2026:BHC-AUG:46710 Dilwale 2 7-FA-242-10.odt 4. Learned counsel submit that the compensation granted by the learned Reference Court is within four times the compensation granted by the 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 Corrigenda dated 23rd 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. ]