IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13018 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No.19949/2024)
THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER MINOR IRRIGATION DIVISION NO.1 APPELLANT
VERSUS
RAMESH PUNJU NIKAM & ORS. RESPONDENTS
WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.13019 OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20065/2024
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13020 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20807/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13021 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20631/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13022 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20566/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13023 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20701/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13024 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20728/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13025 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20663/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13026 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20459/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13027 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 20745/2024)
CIVIL APPEAL NO.13028 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP(C) No.20653/2024)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Heard learned senior counsel for the parties and
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perused the record.
3. The impugned order dated 20.08.2024 passed by the
High Court of Judicature at Bombay at Aurangabad is
modified and is substituted by the interim order of this
Court dated 02.09.2024, paragraph 2 whereof reads as
follows:
“2. Meanwhile, no compensation amount as per the award of the Reference Court, beyond 50% thereof, shall be released in f...