(1) wp7498-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7498 OF 2011 Dnyandeo Hanmantrao Patil PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. G.J. Patil, advocate holding for Mr. B.N. Patil, advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.V. Kurundkar, Govt. Pleader for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 13th OCTOBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The petitioner has sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondents not to acquire the lands of the petitioner and not to take possession of the lands of the petitioner without following due process of law and without payment of compensation to the petitioner. 2. The provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 provide an inbuilt safeguard describing therein the procedure for acquiring the lands and payment of compensation. No writ is required to be issued to (2) wp7498-11 the respondents to comply with the statutory provisions. Hence, the petition is rejected. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp7498-11