1. These Revision Applications are tendered against judgment and award passed by the Extra Jt. Civil Judge, Senior Division, Latur on 1st August, 2011 in a group of Land Acquisition References.

2] Agricultural lands belonging to the applicants – original claimants came to be acquired for irrigation project of village Kalkot, Tq. Chakur. After following procedure prescribed under the Land Acquisition Act, the Land Acquisition Officer passed an award & determined amount of compensation payable to the claimants. The claimants received amount of compensation and proceeded to file individual Reference Applications claiming enhancement in amount of compensation. The claimants led evidence before the reference Court. The reference Court, on consideration of material placed before the Court, found that the claimants – applicants herein are not entitled to receive enhancement in amount of compensation. It was also found by the reference Court that the Reference Applications were presented beyond the prescribed period of limitation. The reference Court, therefore, proceeded to reject the Reference Applications.

3] Here is a case where the claimants before the reference Court place