SSK/908 1 Wp.621.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.621 OF 2011 Raisbanu Phiroxz Khan & Anr. ....Petitioners Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. V. R. Dube h/f. Mr. R. D Misra, Advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. Geeta Shastri, AGP. Mrs. K. R. Punjabi for BMC. Mr. Bipin Joshi, Advocate for respondent no.4. Mr. Rajesh Revnekar i/b. Mr. A. G. Revnekar & Co., Advocates for respondent no.5. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & RANJIT MORE, JJ. DATED : 21st JUNE, 2011. P.C.: The petitioners have challenged the land acquisition award of 1985. The case of the petitioners is that possession is given to a person who is not the owner of the acquired land. Admittedly, the possession is taken in the year 1985. Learned AGP has placed reliance on the judgment of the Supreme Court in Municipal Council, Ahmednagar & Anr. Vs. Shah Hyder Beig & Ors. reported in the MLJ 2000 (3). In this judgment, the Supreme Court has stated that after the award is passed and possession is taken, the writ petition cannot be filed challenging the acquisition proceedings. Besides, admittedly, compensation is paid to SSK/908 2 Wp.621.11 respondent nos. 4 & 5 and the petitioners have filed a suit in City Civil Court at Bombay for declaration that respondent nos. 4 & 5 have no right over the acquired land. Moreover, a title dispute cannot be gone into by this Court in a writ petition. In the circumstances, the present petition cannot be entertained. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. (RANJIT MORE, J.) (SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.)