(1) WP 4012/11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Amk WRIT PETITION NO. 4012 OF 2011 Yashwant B Athalekar & Ors. .. Petitioners Vs. Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents Mr. V. S. Kapse for the Petitioners. Mr. D. R. Shah for Respondent No.1 (UOI). Mr. J. P. Cama, Sr. Advocate a/w. Gobindram Talreja i/b Gobindram D. Talreja & Associates for Respondent No.3. Mr. A. I. Patel, AGP for Respondent Nos. 2 & 5. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. AND MRS. ROSHAN DALVI, J. DATE : 23 DECEMBER 2011 P.C. In para 11 of the affidavit dated 19 July 2011 as corrected by the averments made in para 6 of the affidavit filed by Mr. Bhagwan Kishanrao Gutte, Senior Manager (Construction) working with GAIL (India) Ltd. today, it transpires that though the Central Government has issued final declaration under Section 6 of the PMP Act in respect of other land, as far as the land belonging to the Petitioners in village Sateli/Ainode Zone of Sindhudurg District, no declaration under Section (2) WP 4012/11 6 has been issued. In other words the decision of the competent authority on the Petitioners objections/representations regarding the proposal of the competent authority to acquire the right of user the Petitioners’ land for the purpose of laying gas pipeline has not yet been converted into a declaration of the Central Government under Section 6 of the PMP Act. Learned counsel Cama for Respondent No.3 states under instruction that Respondent No.3 will not enter upon possession of the Petitioners’ land nor assert any right of user in respect of the Petitioners’ land prior to declaration by the Central Government under Section 6 of the PMP Act. 2. In view of the above, it is clear that the Petition is premature at this stage and on this ground the Petition is accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE ROSHAN DALVI, J.