IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3329 OF 2008 Priya Vasudev Tejwani & Ors. .... Petitioners. vs. Commissioner Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. D.S. Chandnani i/by M/s. Lexim and Associates for the petitioners. Mr. V.D. Patil for Respondent No. 1. Mr. P.I. Khemani, AGP., for Respondent Nos. 2 & 3. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE : 11th NOVEMBER, 2008. P.C. . Heard. 2. The petitioners have approached this Court invoking its extraordinary jurisdiction seeking a direction against respondents to restore the construction of three shops of the petitioners which according to them were illegally demolished and alternatively to provide alternate accommodation in view of shops were demolished by respondent no. 1 and to pay compensation of Rs. Two lakhs to each of the petitioners for what they have suffered due to the illegal demolition. 3. It is the case of the petitioners that they have purchased their shops from their vendors each admeasuring about 12 x 35; 12 x 30, 570 and 450 sq. ft. respectively situate at Plot No. 705, Rahul Nagar, Op. Aman Talkies / Opp. Saibaba Society, Ward 11, Ulhasnagar – 2 having Khata No. 11/1046, 11/1056, 11/2693 and 11/2815 respectively. We find that the petitioners have not placed on record any documents to show that the structures were authorised except by claiming that they have purchased them from their vendors. There is nothing to show that they the owners of the site on which the structures were erected and that they had sanction for erecting the structure. Payment of tax does not make the structures authorised. Therefore, we do not find any merit in the petition. The petition stands dismissed. No order as to costs. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (S.J. KATHAWALLA, J.)