Bombay High Court
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, DEPARTMENT OF SINA KOLEGAON PROJECT PARANDAversusSATISH BHAGWAT PATIL AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- PARTLY ALLOWED AND PARTLY DISMISSED
Holding
The Court partly allowed the appeals, dismissed the cross‑objection, and awarded interest and statutory benefits to the claimants while maintaining the rest of the award.
Summary
The Executive Engineer of the Sina Kolegaon Project appealed against a compensation award dated 13‑8‑2014, while the original claimants filed a cross‑objection (Stamp No. 5955/2017). Both parties argued that the dispute was identical to that decided in FA No. 3147/2017, which involved land from the same village acquired for the same public purpose. The Court accepted this submission and chose to dispose of the present appeals on the basis of the earlier judgment. Consequently, the appeals were partly allowed, the cross‑objection was dismissed, and the claimants were awarded interest and other statutory benefits as per State of Maharashtra v. Kailas Shiva Rangari. The remainder of the award was left unchanged, with the award modified accordingly, and any related civil applications were disposed of.
Issues considered
- The applicability of the earlier judgment in FA No. 3147/2017 to the present appeals
- Whether the claimants are entitled to interest and statutory benefits under the precedent of State of Maharashtra v. Kailas Shiva Rangari
- The disposition of the cross‑objection (Stamp No. 5955/2017) filed by the original claimants
Subjects
- land acquisition
- compensation award
- interest
- statutory benefits
- cross objection
- award modification
- appellate jurisdiction
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:41154
FA 3029/15 & Ors.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
29 FIRST APPEAL NO. 3029 OF 2015
WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 16503 OF 2015
IN FA/3029/2015
WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13875 OF 2018
IN FA/3029/2015
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER DEPTT OF SINA KOLEAON PROJECT OSMANABAD
VERSUS
SANDIP SATISH PATIL AND ORS
...
WITH
FIRST APPEAL NO. 3031 OF 2015
WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 16570 OF 2015 IN FA/3031/2015
WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13872 OF 2018 IN FA/3031/2015
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, DEPARTMENT OF SINA KOLEGAON PROJECT
PARANDA
VERSUS
SATISH BHAGWAT PATIL AND OTHERS
…
WITH
FIRST APPEAL NO. 3030 OF 2015
WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 16504 OF 2015
IN FA/3030/2015
WITH
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13874 OF 2018
IN FA/3030/2015
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER DEPTT OF SINA KOLEAON PROJECT OSMANABAD
VERSUS
KALIDAS NARSING PATIL DIED LRS DHANANJAY AND ORS
…
WITH
X-OBJECTION (STAMP) NO. 5955 OF 2017
IN FA/3030/2015
KALIDAS NARSING PATIL DIED LRS DHANANJAY AND ORS
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
...
Advocate for Appellants/acquiring body : Mr. S.G. Sangle
AGP for Respondent/State : Mr. D.R. Korde
Advocate for Respondents/original claimants/X-objector : Mr. A.S. More
FA 3029/15 & Ors.
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...
CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J.
Dated : August 31, 2026
PER COURT :-
1. Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties.
2. The present appeals are filed by the acquiring body and X-objection
is filed by the original claimants. They arise out of the Judgment and Award
dated 13.8.2014 in LAR Nos. 926/2011, 929/2011 and 931/2011 passed by
the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Paranda.
3. The learned counsel for the appellants as well as original claimants
have tendered across the Bar a copy of the judgment and order dated
20.07.2026 passed by this Court in FA No. 3147/2017 (The MKVDC Through
Ex. Engineer, Sina Kolegaon Project, Paranda and Ors. Vs. Jagdish
Brahmanand Patil). They submits that the lands of the claimants were
acquired from the same village, for the same public purpose, and under the
same notification as involved in the above appeals. It is, therefore,
contended that the controversy involved in the present appeals is squarely
covered by the judgment and order in FA No. 3147/2017 (supra), and
consequently, the present appeals deserve to be disposed of in terms
thereof. The learned A.G.P. appearing for respondent/State fairly concedes
the aforesaid position.
4. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned counsel
for the respective parties, and in view of the admitted position that the
controversy involved in the present appeals is identical to the one decided
by this Court in FA No. 3147/2017 (supra), I see no reason to take a
FA 3029/15 & Ors.
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different view. The present appeals, therefore, deserve to be disposed of in
terms of the said judgment and order. Hence, the following order:
ORDER
(I) The appeals are partly allowed.
(II) Cross Objection St. No. 5955/2017 in FA No. 3030/2015 is dismissed.
(III) The claimants shall be entitled to interest and other statutory benefits
strictly in accordance with the law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court
in the case of State of Maharashtra vs. Kailas Shiva Rangari, 1016 (4)
Mh.L.J. 457.
(IV) Rest of the award is maintained.
(V) Award is modified accordingly.
(VI) Civil Applications, if any, stand disposed of.
( SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. )
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