ORDER :

(Sandeep V. Marne, J.) -

1. The issue involved in the present Civil Application is about entitlement of the applicants, who are the original petitioners, to get compensation under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act of 2013’) by taking the reference date as 01.01.2014 in view of the directions issued by the Central Government vide Notification/Circular dated 26.10.2015.

2. Petitioner has filed the present Civil Application in a disposed of Writ Petition No.1228 of 2015. Therefore, it would be necessary to set out brief factual background under which the Civil Application has been filed.

3. The land admeasuring 4-Hector, 59-Are from Survey No.148/1 was sought to be acquired for Shirdi Sansthan (respondent no.4) for construction of Dahrmashala. The notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act of 1894’) was published on 27.09.2000. Petitioners’ predecessor in title raised an objection to the acquisi