1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7526 OF 2007 Shri Dattatraya Bajirao Salunke and Ors. ..... Petitioners. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..... Respondents. ----- Mr. P.J. Thorat for the Petitioners. Mr. A.H. Palekar, AGP for the Respondents - State. ----- CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATE : 15 th January, 2008. P.C.: By this Petition, the Petitioners challenge the acquisition of their land under the Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Rehabilitation Act, 1999. The acquisition was in the year 1994. Even the award was made in 2001. The present Petition has been filed in 2007. The State Government, in its affidavit, has stated that even possession of the land was taken after the award was made. Hence, the Petition cannot be entertained. Petition is rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) 2 (V.M. KANADE, J.)