WAMAN GANAPATRAO KADAM (SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS) R.W. KADAM AND ORS. vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE SECRETARY AND ORS.

(904) JUDGMENT- WP-5273.24.DOCX 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Rule. The rule is made returnable immediately at the request of and with the consent of learned counsel for the partiers. 3. The Petitioners are the legal heirs of the late Wamanrao Ganpatrao Kadam, who owned the lands measuring 13 Ha 37 acres at village Velhe, Taluka Javli, District Satara, Maharashtra. These lands were acquired for the Koyna Project by an Award bearing No. LQ-5R-48 dated 17 January 1961. The Petitioners claim they have received neither compensation nor a rehabilitation plot in lieu of such an acquisition. 4. The Petitioners rely on a Government policy decision to rehabilitate the persons affected by the Koyna Project. Based on this policy, the Government earmarked the lands bearing Survey Nos. 266/10, 277/3, 248/22, 253/10, 253/11, 253/12, 46/1 and 71 situated at village Pendhar, Taluka Panvel, District Raigad, for rehabilitation. 5. Since there was no dispute about the Petitioner's eligibility and entitlement, the third Respondent, by order (904) JUDGMENT- WP-5273.24.DOCX dated 31 November 2017, under the above policy, allotted the following lands to the Petitioners: - Sr.No. Survey No.