BHAGWAN WAMAN GAIKWAD AND ORS vs PRALHAD DUNDA JADHAV AND ORS

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Neeta Sawant WP-8592-2024 with WP-8593-2024-FC I2N THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8592 OF 2024 Bhagwan Waman Gaikwad and Ors. ...Petitioners : Versus : Pralhad Dunda Jadhav and Ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 8593 OF 2024 Bhagwan Waman Gaikwad and Ors. ...Petitioners : Versus : Pralhad Dunda Jadhav and Ors. ...Respondents _______________________________________________________________ Mr. S.G. Karandikar i/b. Mr. Jayesh M. Joshi and Ms. Ankita Pandit, for the Petitioners. Mr. Vijay Killedar, for Respondent Nos.1 to 13. Mr. Hamid Mulla, AGP for the Respondent -State in WP/8592/2024. Ms. Snehal Jadhav, AGP for Respondent-State in WP/8593 of 2024. ________________________________________________________________ CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J. Judgment Resd. on: 9 April 2025. Judgment Pron. on: 23 April 2025. JUDGMENT : 1) Petitioners, who claim to be Watandars, challenge the common Order passed by Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal (MRT) on 1 April 2024 upholding the orders passed by the Sub Divisional Officer PAGE No.1 of 38 WEDNESDAY, 23 APRIL 2025 Neeta Sawant WP-8592-2024 with WP-8593-2024-FC (SDO) by which tenancy claim of Respondent Nos.1 to 14 in the agricultural land has been upheld and Tahsildar has been directed to fix purchase price thereof under provisions of Section 32G of the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Tenancy Act). 2) The Petitions arise out of cross claims filed by Petitioners and contesting Respondents about tenancy status of the contesting Respondents. While Petitioners had instituted proceedings under Section 70(b) of the Tenancy Act seeking negative declaration against contesting Respondents that they are not tenants of the land, the contesting Respondents had initiated p