-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2505 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 2505 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 2505 OF 2008 Mrs. Tarabai D. Khopade & Ors. .. Petitioners. V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents. ... Mr.Suganadh B. Deshmukh for the Petitioners. Mr.V.P.Malvankar, AGP for the Respondents. --- CORAM : D. K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D. K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D. K. DESHMUKH & N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. N.D.DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED : 24TH APRIL, 2008. DATED : 24TH APRIL, 2008. DATED : 24TH APRIL, 2008. P.C. : P.C. : P.C. :- . By this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioners challenge the order dated 27.09.1988 passed under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976. The only explanation for the latches in challenging the said order is that the order was passed on a declaration made by one Sonu Ganpati Balkawade. He expired on 28.12.1991 and after his death the petitioners were not aware of the proceedings and that for the first time, they became aware of the present proceedings only in the year 2005. The explanation referred to above can hardly be believed. Sonu G.Balkawade, after the order was passed did not challenge it during his life time. He was -: 2 :- admittedly alive for more than three years after the said order was made. There is also no explanation if the petitioners came to know about the order in the year 2005 why they waited till 2008. There is inordinate delay in approaching the court. The petition cannot be entertained. Rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH,J.) (N.D.DESHPANDE,J.) .....