1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 160 OF 2008 Kishorchand Ganpat Awate. ... .... Petitioner. Versus Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority & Ors..... ....... Respondents. Mr. Vijay Sutrale for the petitioner. Mr. Pradeep Jadhav, AGP for Respondent Nos.1,2,3 and 6. Ms. Kiran Bagalia for Respondent No.4. Mr. T. J. Pandian for Respondent No.7. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI and S. A. BOBDE, JJ. DATED : 13TH MARCH, 2008. P. C.: A project is being taken up by the railways and the learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that certain lands belonging to him, having been purchased by him in the year 2005 by a registered Sale Deed from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority is being taken by the railways for the purpose of the project. The case of the petitioner himself is that it appears that the land in question had been acquired by the railways in the year 1970, an award had been passed in terms of the Land Acquisition Act, possession had been handed over to the railways in 2 the year 2003 and, therefore, even if there was any Sale Deed by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority in favor of the petitioner that was of no consequence as in the year 2003 the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority had not the ownership of the land. 2. If, the petitioner is aggrieved of the acquisition of land in the year 1970 or the sale deed by which he purchased the land, he may take any other remedy that may be available to him in law. Prima facie, land has been acquired by the railways and therefore the land belongs to them. 3. In this view of the matter, we do not think any order can be passed in this writ petition, and the same is dismissed. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (S. A. BOBDE, J.)