the aforesaid facts as well as the relevant documents on record to urge that the documents on record indicated that the possession of the aforesaid land had not been taken in the manner prescribed by Section 10(5) of the Act of 1976. The notice dated 18/04/1981 issued under Section 10(5) required granting of time of 30 days prior to taking over possession under Section 10(6) of the Act of 1976. However, in the said notice itself it was stated that the possession of the land would be taken on 21/04/1981. There was no possession receipt executed on behalf of the petitioners to indicate that they had voluntarily handed over possession of the said land to the Authorities. It was therefore clear that the possession was not taken in accordance with Section 10(5) of the Act of 1976. In this regard the learned counsel for the petitioners has placed reliance on the decisions in Writ Petition No.2002/2002 (Baburao Kashinath Saratkar (dead) Thr. L.Rs. And ors. vs. State of Maharashtra, Thr. its Urban Development Dept. Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors.) decided on 11/08/2017, Writ Petition No.5372/2017 (Shri Gyansingh S/o Satyanarayan Yadav and ors. vs. State of Maharashtra, Thr. its Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors. with connected writ petitions) decided on 19/09/2019 and Writ Petition No.1581/2018 (Smt. Tarabai Tulshiram Meshram vs. State of Maharashtra, Thr. its Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors.) decided on 13/09/2019. It had been held in the aforesaid decisions that issuance of notice under Section 10(5) of the Act of 1976 stipulating a shorter