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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5614 OF 2009

(Arising out of SLP(C) No. 2703 of 2008)

Vijay Narayan Thatte & Ors.

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Appellants

Versus

State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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Respondents

O R D E R

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Heard Shri Harish Salve and Shri Shyam Divan,

learned senior counsel for the appellants and learned

Attorney General of India and Shri Shekhar Naphade, learned

learned senior counsel for the respondents.

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Leave granted.

3.

This appeal has been filed against the impugned

judgment and order dated 21.01.2008 passed by a Division

Bench of the High Court of Bombay whereby the writ petition

filed by the appellants herein has been rejected.

4.

The facts in brief are that a Notification under

Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter for

short 'the Act') was issued in respect of the land in

question on 29.8.2002. Thereafter a Notification under

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Section 6 of the Act was issued on 18.6.2003. The said

Notification under Section 6 was challenged and the writ

petition filed by the appellants was allowed on 20.1.2004

and the Not