1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3608 /2010 (Kaisar Aziz Siddhique and others vs. State of Maharashtra and others ) .................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : D.D.SINHA & A.P.BHANGALE, JJ. DATED : 19th April, 2011. Heard Mr. S.D.Deshpande, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mr. Rode, learned Asst. Government Pleader for respondent-State and Mr S Y Deopujari, for respondent no.2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the land of the petitioners falls within the Zone, which is notified in the year 2003 for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Park. It is submitted that till this date, neither the land is acquired by the authorities nor any compensation is paid to the petitioners and, therefore, the petitioners have filed the present petition for necessary direction. Mr Deopujari,learned Advocate for respondent no.2 has submitted that the proposal is already forwarded to the State Government for acquiring the land for the above-referred purpose on 28.8.2007 which is under 2 consideration of the State. In the backdrop of the above-referred facts, it is evident that the land in question is notified for the said Park and the proposal is also forwarded to the Government to acquire the same. It is needless to mention that if the land is acquired by the Government within a period of ten years from the date of notification, it is obligatory on the part of the State to pay the compensation to the petitioners as per the procedure prescribed in this regard. However, if the land is not acquired within the specified period, it is open for the petitioners to take appropriate steps under the provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act. With the above observations, Writ Petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE sahare