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

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(904) JUDGMENT- WP-5273.24.DOCX Digitally signed LAXMIKANT by LAXMIKANT GOPAL GOPAL CHANDAN CHANDAN Date: 2025.02.24 14:53:22 +0530 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5273 OF 2024 Waman Ganpatrao Kadam ] Since deceased through legal heirs ] (a) Rajesh Wamanrao Kadam ] Aged : 46 years, Occ : Agriculture ] (b) Nilesh Wamanrao Kadam ] Age 44 years, Occ : Agriculture ] (c) Neelam w/o Nandkumar Shinde ] Age : 55 years, Occ : Agriculture ] (d) Archana w/o Ashok Shinde ] Age : 52 years, Occ : Agriculture ] ] All R/o : Koyna Velhi (Ghot Camp) ] Taluka, Panvel, Dist. Raigad. ]…..Petitioners Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra, ] Through the Principal Secretary ] Ministry of Relief and ] Rehabilitation Department, ] Government of India, ] NCRMP Office, First Floor, ] Dilwara CHS, M K Road, ] Mumbai – 400 021 ] ] 2] The Under Secretary, ] Revenue and Forest Department ] (J-10), Mantralaya, Mumbai ] ] 4] The Additional Collector, Raigad ]…..Respondents Page 1 of 14 (904) JUDGMENT- WP-5273.24.DOCX ______________________________________________________ Ms Poonam Bodke Patil (Through V. C.), for the Petitioners. Mr R S Pawar, AGP for the Respondents-State. ______________________________________________________ CORAM M.S. Sonak & Jitendra Jain, JJ. DATED: 21 February 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT :- (Per M. S. Sonak, J.) 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-5