Dilwale 1 of 3 not on board-fa.3342-43-45-2017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD FIRST APPEAL NO. 3342 OF 2017 DHARAMRAJ SHIVAJI PATIL VERSUS THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, DHULE AND ORS ... AND FIRST APPEAL NO. 3343 OF 2017 NARAYAN TRAMBAK PATIL VERSUS THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, U.T.P.H-3, JALGAON AND ORS AND FIRST APPEAL NO. 3345 OF 2017 PANDHARINATH NATTHU PATIL VERSUS THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, U.T.P.H-3, JALGAON AND ORS … Mr. Ajeet B. Kale a/w. Mr. Balasaheb Pawar, Advocate for Appellant. Mr. S. S. Dande, AGP for Respondent-State. Ms. Manjusha S. Jagtap-Ware and Ms. Kavita Bhale, Advocate for Acquiring body in respective appeals. CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. DATE : 07th OCTOBER, 2026 P.C.:- 1. Captioned First Appeals are not on board. Upon mentioning, taken on board. 2. Since the acquisition proceedings pertain to the year 2003, the appeals are heard finally with the consent of the learned Advocates for the respective parties. 2026:BHC-AUG:48830 Dilwale 2 of 3 not on board-fa.3342-43-45-2017 3. By the present appeals, the Appellants/Claimants are aggrieved by the judgments and awards dated 03.05.2017 passed by the learned Joint Civil Judge Senior Division, Jalgaon in LAR Nos.964/2007, 967/2007 and 965/2007, whereby the learned Reference Court refused to enhance the compensation to the extent of amount claimed by the Claimants. 4. All the Advocates appearing in these matter have submitted that the present appeals can be disposed of in view of the order passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in First Appeal No.813 of 2023 and the batch of the other appeals, whereby the lands from the village Wadgaon, Pimpalgaon, Kamani, Sonala, Hivarkheda, Digar, Kasabe, Sheri and Paldhi. The present appeals arising out of the project of M. I, Tank, Sonala, Taluka Jamner, District Jalgaon. 5. Therefore, they are from the same project, Coordinate Bench of this Court in First Appeal No.813 of 2023 with connected matters have already taken a view, as from the different villages, the lands were acquired. 6. Learned Advocate for the Appellants/Claimants submits that this Court has taken a view in First Appeal No.813 of 2023 with connected matters decided on 07.11.2025 arising out of same acquisition proceeding. 7. Upon perusal of order passed by this Court in First Appeal Dilwale 3 of 3 not on board-fa.3342-43-45-2017 No.813 of 2023 with connected matters, I am inclined to adopt the same view in the present appeals. Therefore, present appeals are disposed of accordingly. In view of the order passed by this Court in First Appeal No.813 of 2023, I proceed to pass the following order:- O R D E R A. First appeals are partly allowed. B. Appellants–Claimants be paid following compensation. I. For irrigated land @ 12,00,000/- per hectare. II. For Jirayat land @ Rs. 6,00,000/- per hectare. III. For Pot Kharab @ Rs. 3,00,000/- per hectare. IV. Value of fruit bearing trees @ 80% of the valuation report submitted in the Reference Court. C. Appellants/Claimants shall be entitled to all statutory benefits including interest from the date of award as per law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in State of Maharashtra Vs. Kailash Shiva Rangari, reported in 2016(3) Mh.L.J. 457. D. It would be open for them to claim rental compensation as permissible in law and in view of the prevailing government policy. E. Chart submitted by the learned counsel for the appellants shall be treated as part of record and award. F. Modified award be drawn accordingly. G. Rest of the award is maintained. H. Pending civil applications, if any, are also disposed of. (SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J.)