-: 1 :- HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No. 6480 of 2009 Capt. Suraj R. Naik. ..Petitioner. Versus The Divisional Engineer Estate & Anr. ..Respondents. Mr. Y. B. Bhargava i/b M/s. R. Bhargava & Associates for the Petitioner. Coram : S. B. Mhase & R. M. Savant, JJ. Date : August 3, 2009. P. C. : 1. Heard. The above petition has been filed by one Mr. Suraj R. Naik, the Regional Port Officer, Mora Group of Ports having its office at Indian Mercantile Chambers, 3rd Floor, Ramjibhai Kamani Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 038. The contention of the Petitioner is that the land which is the subject matter of the eviction proceedings under the Public Premises Eviction of unauthorised Occupants Act, 1971 belongs to the Maharashtra Maritime Board. It is a statutory body and the said statutory body can be represented by its appropriate officer as per the said statute. The Petitioner may be one -: 2 :- of the employees of the said Maritime Board, however, that does not entitle him to file a petition on behalf of the said Board. The Petitioner has stated that he is the Regional Port Officer of Mora Group of Ports. There is nothing on record to show that the Maharashtra Maritime Board has authorised the Petitioner to file the above petition on its behalf. In the absence of such power with the Petitioner, the present petition is not tenable. The Petitioner in the verification has also not mentioned the authority under which he is authorised to file the petition. In the circumstances we refrain from entertaining the above petition, which is accordingly rejected. However, we make it clear that this order will not prohibit the Maritime Board from challenging the impugned order, if it so desires. (R.M.SAVANT, J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.)