- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.936 OF 2008 ... Shri Ranjitsinh Mansingrao Shitole ...Petitioner v/s. The State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.R.G.Ketkar i/b R.S.Khadapkar for the Petitioner. Mr.V.S.Masurkar, GP for State. Mr.N.V.Walawalkar with Mr.Deepak More for Respondents Nos. 2 to 4. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & J.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED: 29TH JULY, 2008 P.C.: 1. The Petitioner by this petition seeks directions that the proposal submitted by him for construction of a private primary school on the land which is described in prayer clause (b) of the petition to be considered and he should be permitted to develop the property. The land was owned by the Petitioner. In the development plan it was shown reserved for primary school. Admittedly the land has been - 2 - acquired in the year 2002. Possession of the land was taken in the year 2003. The present petition is filed in the year 2008. In our opinion, once the land is acquired, possession is taken and even the compensation is determined, the link of the Petitioner with the land gets snaped and therefore, in our opinion, as now the Petitioner has ceased to be the land owner, the petition cannot be entertained it is rejected. 2. The learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner requests that the interim order of directing parties to maintain status-quo passed on 12-2-2008 should be continued for some time, obviously to enable the Petitioner to approach the Supreme Court. 3. In our opinion, considering that the land has been acquired for construction of a primary school building, it will not be appropriate to continue the interim order, specially because the construction of the building is not likely to be completed in near future. Request is, therefore, rejected. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) - 3 - (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.)