1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 117 OF 2009 Godfrey W. Pimenta & Anr. ...Petitioners V/s. Ministry of Civil Aviation & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. V.V. Kanade i/by M/s. RMG Law Associates for the Petitioners Mr. A.S. Doctor for Respondent No. 1 Mr. Omprakash Jha i/by The Law Point for Respondent No. 2 Mr. Bhavik Manek i/by M/s. Wadia Ghandy & Co. for Respondent No. 7 Mr. A.T. Suryawanshi i/by M/s. M. Gandhi & Co. for Respondent No. 8. CORAM: J. N. PATEL AND S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, JJ. DATE: APRIL 29, 2010. P.C.:- The petitioners have filed this petition in public interest, being concerned about the rights of slum dwellers, who are particularly squatting on land belonging to the Airport Authority. 2 2. It is the contention of the petitioners that there is a National Policy on Rehabilitation and Resettlement, 2007, which is applicable to all eligible slum dwellers residing on airport land at Mumbai, and what the petitioners want is a direction to the respondents to implement the said policy. 3. No case is made out that the respondents do not propose to implement such a policy, and if there is a National Policy, it is the bounden duty of the authorities, which are concerned with the implementation of the said policy and to go on with such a project. This Court does not feel it appropriate to entertain this petition as a public interest litigation. Therefore, the petition is rejected. J. N. PATEL, J. S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J.