1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.8126 OF 2009 WITH WRIT PETITION NO.7119 OF 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of | Coram, appearances, Court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s or directions and Registrar’s | orders orders | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. M.R. Challani, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. R.P. Phatke, AGP for State respondents. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 26TH FEBRUARY, 2010 W.P. No. 7119 of 2009 not on Board. Taken on Board at the request of learned Counsel for the petitioners, who is common in both the matters. Heard Counsel for the parties. 2. The relief claimed in these petitions is to direct the respondents to restore the possession of the acquired land to the petitioners, as the said land has not been put to use for 2 which it was acquired. 3. We are in agreement with the submission of the learned A.G.P. that the issue is no more res-integra. This aspect has been answered in series of decisions including the decision of the Division Bench of our High Court in Vishnu vs State of Maharashtra reported in 2002(4) Mh.L.J.181. 4. In the circumstances, both these petitions are devoid of merits. Hence dismissed. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/FEB10/wp8126.09