Dilwale 1 909-FA-2036-09.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 909 FIRST APPEAL NO. 2036 OF 2009 State Of Maharashtra & Ors VERSUS Dattatraya Raghunath Dhanwade ... AGP for Appellants/State : Mr. S. N. Morampalle CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. DATE : 29.09.2026 PER COURT : 1. As the acquisition proceeding is of the year 1989, the appeal is being heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the respective parties. 2. By this appeal, the State is aggrieved by the judgment and award dated 24.09.2003 passed by the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Osmanabad in LAR No.20/1995, whereby the learned Reference Court enhanced the compensation. 3. The land of the claimants was acquired for Minor Irrigation Project at Babhalgaon, Tal. Tuljapur Dist. Osmanabad. Notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short, “the Act”) was published on 03.08.1989, award under Section 11 of the Act was passed on 12.12.1993. 4. Learned counsel submit that the compensation granted by the learned Reference Court is within four times the compensation granted 2026:BHC-AUG:46721 Dilwale 2 909-FA-2036-09.odt 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. ]