The Bombay High Court has slammed the Maharashtra government for its “large and systemic failure” in dealing with land acquisition matters, depriving owners of compensation, and directed it to adopt a “mission-mode” to resolve them.
A bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar of the HC’s Aurangabad bench on Tuesday said the continued failure to complete acquisition proceedings, even after possession and completion of projects, amounts to a continuing wrong and breach of constitutional duty.
Its remarks came on a plea filed by a bunch of residents in Beed district whose lands were acquired by the irrigation division in 1996 for a village water tank construction, but the acquisition proceedings were not yet completed due to which they had not received the compensation.
The bench noted that many of the affected landowners are agriculturists, illiterate or rustic persons who may not even be aware of the formal acquisition proceedings or that they are entitled to compensatiThe Bombay High Court has slammed the Maharashtra government for its “large and systemic failure” in dealing with land acquisition matters, depriving owners of compensation, and directed it to adopt a “mission-mode” to resolve them.
A bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar of the HC’s Aurangabad bench on Tuesday said the continued failure to complete acquisition proceedings, even after possession and completion of projects, amounts to a continuing wrong and breach of constitutional duty.
Its remarks came on a plea filed by a bunch of residents in Beed district whose lands were acquired by the irrigation division in 1996 for a village water tank construction, but the acquisition proceedings were not yet completed due to which they had not received the compensation.
The bench noted that many of the affected landowners are agriculturists, illiterate or rustic persons who may not even be aware of the formal acquisition proceedings or that they are entitled to compensati Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]