1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4430 OF 2009 Kisan S/o.Bajirao Raosaheb PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS Mr.Padmakar Deshmukh, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr.V.H.Dighe, learned AGP for respondent no.1 Mr.V.S.Panpatte, learned counsel for respondent no.4 (CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, AND A.V.POTDAR, J.J.) DATE : 16/09/2009 PER COURT : 1. This is a petition under Article 226 of The Constitution of India, by which the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ directing respondents to initiate the land acquisition proceeding in respect of acquisition of the land at Gat No.448, admeasuring 80 R situated at Village Markhel, Tq.Degloor, Dist.Nanded. The petitioner also prays for directing respondents to pay damages from 1985 till acquisition of the land @ 10,000/- per hectare per annum and alternatively petitioner prays that the name of the mother of petitioner be given to the Zilla Parishad Primary School as was referred by the respondents in the mutation entry dated 02/10/1989. 2 2. The petitioner claims that the land came to be acquired when the petitioner was minor i.e in the year 1985. The respondents though have acquired the land, have not paid any compensation to the petitioner. This petition has been filed after a period of about 24 years from the date of the so called acquisition of the land. According to us this petition suffers from gross delay and the reliefs which the petitioner has prayed for in this petition can not be granted in the exercise of the extra ordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of The Constitution of India. Consequently this petition which is sans merit is therefore summarily dismissed with no order as to costs. (A.V.POTDAR, J.) (P.V.HARDAS, J.) khs/SEP 2009/wp4430-09