: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5937 OF 2009 Gauri Shankar Khot ... Petitioner Vs 1. State of Maharashtra & 3 ors. ... Respondents Mr. S.G. Deshmukh with Mr. M.S. Kulkarni for the petitioner. Mr. V.S. Gokhale, AGP, for the respondents No.1 to 3. CORAM: S.B. MHASE & R.M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2009. P.C.: 1. The petitioner has approached this court challenging the acquisition. Section 4 Notification was published in the newspapers on 16th May, 2007 and 17th May, 2008 and in the Government Gazette on 31st May, 2007. Corrigendum to Section 4 was issued and published on 9th October, 2007 and 10th October, 2007 in the newspaper and on 25th October, 2007 in the Government Gazette. Thereafter, the declaration under Section 6 was : 2 : issued on 23rd April, 2009 and in the Government Gazette on 21st April, 2009. The declaration under section 6 is beyond the period of one year taking into consideration any of the two dates of publication of the section 4 notification. The declaration, therefore, could not have been issued, resultantly the proceedings for acquisition have lapsed. 2. Since the acquisition has lapsed, no further steps are required to be taken in this matter. The Government may, however, take fresh steps for acquisition and in that event, the petitioner would be at liberty to approach this court if the occasion so arises. 3. With the above observations, this Petition is disposed of. Sd/- Sd/- (R.M. SAVANT, J.) (S.B. MHASE, J.)