1 pil-87-11.sxw dgm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PIL NO.87 OF 2011 Shamrao Govind Shendge .... Petitioner vs State of Maharashtra and ors. .... Respondents Mr. A.M. Joshi for the petitioner. Mr. V.S. Gokhale for respondents 1 to 4. CORAM: D. K. DESHMUKH & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : October 13, 2011 P.C.: Some land in excess of entitlement was allotted to Respondents 5 and 6 in the year 1985. The Petitioner made a complaint about it in the year 2008. In the year 2010, after enquiry, it was found that the complaint of the Petitioner was right and that Respondents 5 and 6 have in fact been allotted land in excess of their entitlement. Therefore by an order dated 9.9.2010 the allotment was corrected and the land allotted in excess of entitlement was withdrawn. By the present Petition, what the Petitioner seeks is that the Collector should have directed holding of enquiry to find out as to who was responsible 2 pil-87-11.sxw for allotment of land in excess of entitlement of Respondents 5 and 6. In our opinion, the Collector has rightly not directed an enquiry being made into what has happened in the year 1985 i.e after almost 25 years. In our opinion, an enquiry to be held now as to what happened in 1985 and who were responsible for, will be a futile enquiry because the record of that period may not be available. Even the personnel who were involved may have already retired. Taking over all view of the matter, therefore, considering that a wrong order made in the year 1985 has been corrected, though late, nothing further is required to be done. The Petition is disposed of. No costs. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (D. K. DESHMUKH,J.)