IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 2536 OF 2009 WRIT PETITION NO. 2536 OF 2009 WRIT PETITION NO. 2536 OF 2009 1. Shri Shamrao Govind Shendge, being ] POA holder of petitioner No.1(a) to ] 1(d) and ors. ] .. Petitioners Versus 1. Shri Sadhu Yeshwant @ Yesu Gaikwad ] since deceased through legal heirs ] and 4 ors. ] .. Respondents Mr. Vikas Shivarkar for the petitioners. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & D.B. BHOSALE, JJ. DATED: 02ND MARCH, 2009 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The petitioners are the erstwhile owners of the properties viz. the properties which have been acquired for resettlement of the project affected persons. The petitioners accepted the Award and also preferred a Reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The possession of the lands has been taken from the petitioners and thereafter, the respondent-Rehabilitation Officer has allotted to the project affected persons. The project affected persons : 2 : have obtained permission to sell those lands since they wanted to resettle themselves in accordance with their convenience. Under these circumstances, the petitioners have approached to this court making out a case that the lands which have been given for resettlement cannot be transferred and they cannot be sold. 3. We asked the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, the locus of the petitioners in the present Petition. Except for the fact that the petitioners are the erstwhile owners of the land, the learned counsel had nothing to say in the matter. We find that the petitioners have no locus in the matter. The lands vested in the Government and the Government transferred the lands to the project affected persons. The lands vested in them and they have transferred the lands after having obtained due permission from the Government. The petitioners, therefore, cannot challenge the acts of the respondents. 4. For the above reasons, the Petition stands rejected. Sd/- Sd/- [D.B. [D.B. [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] BHOSALE, J.] BHOSALE, J.] [S.B. [S.B. [S.B. MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.] MHASE, J.]