1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR WRIT PETITION No.2671 of 1988. Anilkumar Jugalkishor Rathi and anothers. ..vs.. State of Maharashtra and others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or Court's or Judge's Orders directions and Registrar's orders. Mr.Jugalkishor Gilda, Adv. for the petitioner. Smt.Ketki Joshi, A.G.P. for the State. Coram: ANOOP V.MOHTA and C. L. PANGARKAR JJ. Dated : 14th July, 2008. 1. Heard Shri Gilda, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. The present writ petition is revolved around the provisions of the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act 1961 as amended by the Act of 1977. The learned counsel for the petitioner has challenged the impugned order as well as S.16(3) of the Act but in view of the Supreme Court Judgment in I.R.Coelho 2 (dead) by L.Rs. ..vs.. State of Tamil Nadu (AIR 2007 SC 861) which has considered and also dealt with the case of Waman Rao .vs. Union of India and others, (A.I.R.1988 SC 271), whereby the validity of this Act has been upheld in toto. Therefore, in view of this, we are not inclined to the submission as raised in the present petition. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE chute