Baburao Dinkar Tandel And ORS v. The State Of Maharashtra Throu. The Deputy Collector And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

909. WRIT PETITION NO.5606 OF 2025 Hirubai Rama Thakur and Ors.

.....Petitioners Vs.

The State of Maharashtra Thr. Deputy Collector and Anr.

.....Respondents

910. WRIT PETITION NO.5607 OF 2025 Baburao Dinkar Tandel and Ors.

.....Petitioners Vs.

The State of Maharashtra Thr. Deputy Collector and Anr.

.....Respondents

911. WRIT PETITION NO.5608 OF 2025 Anubai Laxman Thakur formerly known as Anubai Tukaram Gharat .....Petitioner Vs.

The State of Maharashtra Thr. Deputy Collector and Anr.

.....Respondents Mr. Harshad Sathe a/w Mr. Saurabh Butala and Ms.Mansi Sharma, for the Petitioners in all Writ Petitions.

Mr. M.M. Pabale, AGP for Respondent No.1 - State in WP NO.5606 of 2025.

Ms. M.S. Bane, AGP for Respondent No.1 - State in WP No.5607/2025 .

Mr. S.P. Kamble, AGP for Respondent No.2 - State in WP No.5608/2025.

CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ.

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DATE : 20TH AUGUST 2025.

P.C.:- 1.

Heard.

2.

By the aforesaid Petitions, Petitioners seek a direction to Respondent No.1 - Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition, Metro Centre No.1, Uran, Tal. Uran, Dist. Raigad) to decide Petitioners' Applications preferred by them under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act as expeditiously as possible. 3.

Learned counsel for Petitioners in all the aforesaid Petitions submits that Petitioners' land were acquired by Respondent No.1 sometime in the year 2004 and award was passed in favour of aforesaid Petitioners in February, 2024. He submits that all the aforesaid Petitioners have filed Applications seeking enhancement of compensation.

4.

Considering that the Petitioners' Applications are pending before Respondent No.1 - Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition, Metro Centre No.1, Uran, Tal. Uran, Dist. Raigad), seeking enhancement of compensation based on other similar matters, we deem it appropriate to direct Respondent No.1 to decide Petitioners' Applications filed 2/3

under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act as expeditiously as possible and in any event within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of this order.

5.

We make it clear that we have not gone into the merits of the Applications filed by the Petitioners before the Respondent No.1 and as such keep all contentions of all parties open. 6.

All Writ Petitions stand disposed of in the above terms. (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.) (REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.) 3/3