LAWS(BOM)-2021-12-372

MIDC Vs. DATTATRAYA VISHWANATH BHUMKAR

Decided On December 23, 2021
Midc Appellant
V/S
Dattatraya Vishwanath Bhumkar Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In all these First Appeals, most of which are admitted, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, Latur (MIDC) is the appellant. Several cross appeals have been filed by the original claimants. On the request of all the litigating parties, all these appeals are taken up together for final hearing.

(2.) Being aggrieved by the impugned awards, the appellant/MIDC has approached this Court contending that the Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) (District Collector) had granted total compensation of Rs.11,61,30,586.00 (Rupees Eleven Crores Sixty One Lacs Thirty Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Six). By the impugned awards, the Reference Courts have granted a total enhancement of more than Rs.840.00 crores. Some appeals are filed by the claimants seeking enhancement in compensation.

(3.) The oral submissions in the combined hearing of all these appeals, by consent, commenced on 26/8/2021 and concluded on 26/10/2021. By the consent of the parties, these appeals have been heard almost everyday, in the afternoon after the urgent admissions board was over. We have recorded the submissions of the learned Advocate General and the learned Advocates on behalf of the appellant and the learned Advocates on behalf of the respondents/claimants, date-wise, in our notes register. Both the sides advanced oral submissions on propositions of law. They also tendered brief synoptical notes/charts/maps and details of lands in each appeal. The large colour shaded/colour code map tendered by the learned Advocate General is undisputed and hence, the same is marked as Annexure "X-1" to this judgment. It shall be a part and parcel of this judgment.