JUDGMENT :

Y.G. Khobragade, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of both the sides, the matter is heard finally at the stage of admission.

2. The petitioners have invoked jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and prayed for quash and set aside impugned order dated 16.10.2020 passed by the Respondent No.3 Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) Coordination, Beed, thereby rejected the application for correction in award dated 31.03.1978 in Case No. LAQ/SR/27/74. The petitioners also prayed for issuance of directions against the respondent No.2 to correct entries in the column of ownership of Statement-E of award dated 31.03.1978 by substituting names of the petitioners as owners of the land Survey No. 31/2A and 31/2B on the bass of judgment and decree dated 04.02.2011 passed by the learned Civil Judge Senior Division, Majalgaon District Beed in Regular Civil Suit No.161 of 2010.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that, on 06.03.1975, Notification under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act was published in the Government Gazette intending to acquire petitioners' land bearing Survey No. 31/2A and 31/2B. T