1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3698 OF 2011 Dilip Sopan Pingle .. Petitioner V/s Director of Town Planning & Ors. .. Respondents Mr.C.G.Gavnekar for the petitioner. Mr.V.S.Gokhale, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 5. Mr.S.S.Patwardhan for Respondent No.6. CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE: 11th August, 2011. P.C.: 1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of the parties. The following are the admitted positions; (i) The Petitioner is the owner of land bearing Survey No. 229/2B, admeasuring 32 R, Final Plot No.93, Site No.60, situated at Sangameshwar, Taluka Malegaon, District Nashik. (ii) That plot is reserved in the development plan of the Malegaon Municipal Corporation and that even after the expiry of 10 years from the date of coming into force of the development plan the land was not acquired, therefore the petitioner served notice as required by the provisions of 2 Section 127 of the Maharashtra Regional & Town Planning Act on the Collector for purchase of land, because the land is reserved for the District offices in the final development plan. (iii) It is an admitted position that after receiving the notice, within one year no steps have been taken by the Collector for acquisition of the land. 2. The consequence, in view of the provisions of Section 127 of the Act is obvious that the reservation has lapsed. Rule is therefore made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (a) to (c). No order as to costs. (R.G.KETKAR, J.) (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.)