* 1 * WP-1641-2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1641 OF 2009 M/s. Fatehchand & Co. and Ors. .... Petitioners V/S. Union of India & Ors. .... Respondents ------- Mr. V.V. Jogalekar, i/by. Mr. Shailendra S. Kanetkar, Advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. Uma Srivastava i/by. Consulta Juris, Advocate for respondent no.4 CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH, & SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, JJ. DATED : 15th JULY, 2010. P.C. :- 1. The petitioner is admittedly carrying on his business on a railway platform. Therefore, we had asked the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner yesterday, to show us a document which will show that the petitioner has authority to continue to occupy public premises and carry on his business. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, today filed * 2 * WP-1641-2009 some document, but, he is not in a position to show us any document which will conclusively establish that the petitioner has an authority given by any competent officer to continue to occupy public premises and carry on business. We, therefore, put it to the learned Counsel for the petitioner that we will hear the petition of the petitioner provided the petitioner is willing to vacate the public premises that he is occupying. The learned Counsel stated that his client is not willing to vacate the premises. It is apparent from the record that the petitioner has no authority to occupy the public premises. He is also not willing to vacate it. In our opinion, such litigants who are squatting on public premises without any authority cannot be given any relief in the extra ordinary jurisdiction of this Court. The petition is therefore rejected. 3. Time to carry out amendment as per order dated 22nd April, 2010 is extended by a period of one week from today. [D.K. DESHMUKH, J] [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]