WP(C) 3979/2009 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY The petitioners, who claim to be land owners in respect of different lands descr ibed in Para 3A to E of the writ petition, by the present petition have prayed f or a direction to the respondent No. 1 to remove the water pipe line laid by the Hindustan Paper Corporation, respondent No. 4 or to pay compensation of Rs. 25, 44,000/- for illegal acquisition and damages caused to the petitioners’ land. Mr. Dhar, learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners have been dispossessed from the land belonging to them by the respondent No. 4 by laying the water pipe line for which they have suffered damages, which needs to be compensated and as such necessary directions may be issued to the responde nt No. 4 to pay adequate compensation. It appears from the averments made in the writ petition that the petitioners’ cl aim that they have been dispossessed from certain portion of land by the respond ent No. 4 by laying water pipe line. The petitioners, therefore, claim compensat ion. The question as to whether the land belongs to the petitioners and they have bee n dispossessed from the land belonging to them, if so, whether they are entitled to any compensation are questions of fact which cannot be decided in a writ pro ceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India as it requires examinatio n of witnesses and recording of evidence. Such questions can be gone into in a c ivil proceeding to be instituted before the appropriate civil court having juris diction of the matter. In view of the above, the writ petition is not entertained. The petitioners may, however, approach the appropriate civil court having jurisd iction over the matter claiming compensation if they are entitled to the same. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of.