1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5760 OF 2009 Rajendra Yashwant Thombare & Ors. .... Petitioners. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. G.S.Godbole i/by Mr. Ashok B. Tajane for the Petitioners. Mr. V. S. Gokhale, AGP for the Respondents. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI and MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATED : 7TH JULY, 2009. P. C.: The Notification for acquisition of land under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act dated 11th August, 1984 was published in the Government Gazette on 15th November, 1984, Notification under Section 6 was issued on 18th October, 1985 and the Award has been passed on 31st March, 1989. 2. The writ petition is now being filed to challenge the Award. Sufficient reasons are not given for the delay of 10 years as the Award is being challenged after a decade. Therefore, we do not find any ground to interfere in the matter. 2 3. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (MRS.V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J.)