Yadneshwar Shantaram Patil v. the Deputy Collector (Land Acquition and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 7162 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, decided 02 May 2025 by M.S. Sonak and Jitendra Jain, JJ. Land acquisition award dated 7 August 1970 (Award No. 105A/35 Navadhe) omitted petitioner Yadneshwar Shantaram Patil's name; representation dated 5 April 2023 to the Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) sought correction to include his name and remained undecided. Court held the claim of late awareness untenable (published notifications; public Trans Harbour Rail Lines project), noted the 1894 Act allowed correction of clerical errors only within six months, and refused a mandamus that would revive a stale/belated claim; petition dismissed without costs.
What did the court decide?
The Petition is misconceived: the plea that the Petitioner was unaware of the acquisition proceedings cannot be lightly accepted, since acquisitions involve publication of notifications in newspapers, gazettes and at the locality, and this acquisition was for the public Trans Harbour Rail Lines project.