bgp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4185 OF 2009 Hender Matya Bhoir ..Petitioner Vs. The Competent Authority & Ors. ..Respondents Mr.S.G.Karandikar for petitioner. Mr.S.N.Bhosale, AGP for respondent State. CORAM :- V.C.DAGA & A.A.SAYED,JJ. DATE : 4TH SEPTEMBER, 2009 P.C. 1. Rule, rule is made returnable forthwith. 2. Learned G.P. waives service on behalf of respondent Nos.1 and 2. Petition is heard finally by consent of parties. Affidavit-in-reply filed by learned AGP is treated as a return/reply to the petition. 3. It is not in dispute that by virtue of notice dated 14th November, 2007, the petitioner was called upon to handover actual possession of the subject property within 20 days thereof. It is also not in dispute that before expiry of 20 days i.e. on 29th November, 2007, the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulations) Repeal Act,1999 was promulgated in the State of Maharashtra w.e.f. 29th November, 2007 itself. 4. In the counter reply duly affirmed by the Additional Collector and Competent Authority, in paragraph No.10, it is mentioned that though the possession is with the petitioner, the respondent has completed the statutory provisions and the land is vested with the Government. In this backdrop, the law laid down by this Court in Voltas Ltd.& Anr. Vs. Additional Collector & Competent Authority & Ors. 2008(5) Bom.C.R.No.746 get attracted. In this view of the matter, for the reasons stated in the said judgment, the Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (d) and (e). With no order as to costs. (A.A.SAYED,J.) (V.C.DAGA,J.)