IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.ll9l of 2005 Ganpat Arjunbhandari and ors ..petitioners vs Chief Land Records Officer CIDCO & ors..Respondents with Writ Petition No. ll97 of 2005 Naga T Patil and ors.. petitioners vs The Chief Land Record Officer CIDCO and ors. respondents Mr. Sriram S Kulkarni for petitioners Mr.R.M.Sawant for respondent no.l Mr C.R.Sonawane AGP for State CORAM: A.P.SHAH & J.H.BHATIA JJ. CORAM: A.P.SHAH & J.H.BHATIA JJ. CORAM: A.P.SHAH & J.H.BHATIA JJ. Dated 8.7.2005 Dated 8.7.2005 Dated 8.7.2005 P.C: . Heard advocates. . On 3rd February l970 the lands of the petitioners were notified under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act for the public purpose of establishment of New Mumbai. However, award under section ll was not published within the statutory period and, therefore, notification under section 4 lapsed. It appears that an entry in 7 x l2 extract which was made pursuant to the section 4 notification was also deleted after lapsing of acquisition proceedings was also deleted. . The grievance of the petitioners is that though the petitioners’ lands have been included in the residential zone in the sanctioned Development Plan, respondent no l -CIDCO is not permitting the petitioners to develop the land on the pretext that the lands are required for New Mumbai Project . lt is contended that the respondent no.l is neither granting NOC for development of the property nor taking steps to acquire the land. Therefore a direction is sought to the respondents to acquire the land in a time bound programme and pay compensation to the petitioners in accordance with law. In the alternative it is prayed that respondent no.l should be directed to release the land from acquisition and grant NOC for development. . Mr.R.M Sawant learned counsel for respondent no.l stated that the land of the petitioners are required by CIDCO and he has no objection if appropriate directions are given to the SLAO to acquire petitioners’ land and pay compensation in time bound programme. Accordingly it is directed that the concerned SLAO shall forthwith initiate acquisition proceedings in respect of the petitioners’ lands and declare the award and pay amount of compensation to the petitioners within one year from today. Petitions stand disposed of accordingly.