1 wp-6670.10 Ash FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6670 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders. Shri R.S. Apte, Sr. Advocate i/by Mandar Limaye for the Petitioner. Shri R.M. Patne, AGP for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5 and 7. Shri P.D. Dalvi for Respondent Nos.8 to 10 and 11(a) to 11(d). -- CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 22ND DECEMBER, 2010 P.C.: . Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the Petitioner on instructions of the Petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the Writ Petition with liberty to file appropriate proceedings for challenging the order dated 8th August, 2000 passed by the Additional Commissioner on the application under Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 made by the Petitioner. He prays that ad-interim relief granted by this Court may be continued for a reasonable time. Learned counsel appearing for the Respondent Nos.8 to 10 and 11(a) to 11(d) states that the Petitioner is not in possession of the acquired land and that the possession of the lands has been handed over to the allottees. The learned AGP 2 wp-6670.10 relied upon additional affidavit dated 22nd December, 2010 of the Deputy Collector ( Land Acquisition ) and submitted that the possession of the acquired land was taken over from the Petitioner and was handed over to the District Rehabilitation Officer and the same has been allotted to the Project Affected Persons. 2. The Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed. 3. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the Petitioner seeks continuation of the ad-interim relief granted earlier for a limited period by contending that the Petitioner is in possession. Ad-interim relief of status quo granted on 1st September, 2010 will continue to operate for a period of four weeks from today. As there is a serious dispute on the question whether the possession of the acquired land was taken over, the said issue is kept open. 4. All contentions of both the parties on merits are kept open. (A.S.OKA, J)