Sanjay Narayan Nagargoje And Others v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1940 OF 2026 Sanjay Narayan Nagargoje And Others

VERSUS

The State Of Maharashtra And Others Mr. S. E. Shekade, Advocate for petitioners Mr. S. B. Pulkundwar, AGP for respondent-State

CORAM

: Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ.

DATE : 06th April, 2026 PER COURT :- 1.

Learned AGP submits that Mr. Prabhodaya Govind Mulay, Deputy Collector (EGS), Beed and Ms. Kavita Jadhav, SDO and SLAO, Beed are before us and they are tendering unconditional apology for non compliance of order dated 23.02.2026. It is due to the difference in the calculation. According to the learned AGP and respondents, the amount that would become due under Section 80 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is Rs. 9,84,273/- in respect of all the petitioners. 2.

Learned Advocate for petitioners dispute this calculation. 3.

At this Stage, we are not going into the details; however, though the matter has been disposed of, we direct the respondents to 3-WP-1940-2026.odt

issue a cheque in the name of petitioners or in the name of one of them or on behalf of all to the tune of Rs. 9,84,273/- today itself to which the respondent authority agreed and a cheque is presented before this Court. We direct the office to accept the same. The person in whose name the cheque stands, would be at liberty to withdraw the same. Withdraw the same that means the office to hand over him the cheque upon verification about his identity. As regards the calculation is concerned, the learned Advocate for the petitioners may submit a detailed calculation on or before 18.04.2026 by giving a copy of the same to the other side, in advance. Learned AGP to get it verified within a period of one week thereafter and both of them to make submission on 28.04.2026. We make it clear that after the calculation of the petitioner is found correct upon exchange of the data, then on 28.04.2026, the respondent should come with cheque to the extent of that amount and at that time, in case of failure on the part of the respondents, apology will not be accepted.

(Hiten S. Venegavkar, J.) (Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi, J.) B. S. Joshi 3-WP-1940-2026.odt