[1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.865 OF 2008 R. Ramchandran & Ors. .... Petitioners Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents Sarvasri C.M. Korde, Senior Counsel with G. Hariharan for the Petitioners. Sri C.J. Sawant, Senior Counsel with Ms Geeta Shastri, AGP, for the Respondents. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: SRI R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR & SRI A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATED: DATED: DATED: JULY 23, 2008 P.C: P.C: P.C: 1. The learned senior counsel Sri C.J. Sawant, appearing for the respondents, on instructions, states that the contention sought to be raised on behalf of the petitioners are correct in the sense that after issuing the order under Section 8(4) of the Urban Land Ceiling Act, 1976, the petitioners were neither heard nor further steps in accordance with the law were taken and, therefore, there was no final order in terms of the provisions of law for taking over the land in question by the Government. In the circumstances and in view of the repeal of the said Act, the senior counsel appearing for the respondents states that the possession which was taken of the land will have also to be released in favour of the petitioners and that the necessary steps [2] in that regard would be taken within three weeks and accordingly consequential mutations in relation to the records pertaining to the land will be made in the Government records within the said period of three weeks. 2. We accept the said statement. In view of the said statement, the impugned orders, as mentioned in the prayer clause (a), stand quashed and set aside. While accepting the statement on behalf of the respondents and the directions as above, the petition is disposed of with no order as to costs. (A.A.Sayed, J.) (R.M.S.Khandeparkar, J.) sjs/J8wp865.8 sjs/J8wp865.8 sjs/J8wp865.8