# PARSHURAM SHIVRAM SHITOLE vs THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER NO.17 AND ORS

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2026-01-22
Citation: WP/15016/2022
Petitioner: PARSHURAM SHIVRAM SHITOLE
Respondent: THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER NO.17 AND ORS

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

903-WP-15016-2022.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 15016 OF 2022 Parshuram Shivram Shitole and Ors. .. Petitioners V/s. The Special Land Acquisition Officer .. Respondents No.17 And Ors ------------------- Mr. Nitin P. Deshpande with Anjali Shinde, Rachana Harpale and Santosh Kurade, for Petitioner. Ms. M.S. Bane, AGP, for the State. -------------------- 2026. PC: 1. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned AGP for the Respondent-State Authorities. 2. The Petitioners herein are seeking relief of quashing of land acquisition award dated 7th May 2012, on the basis that the entire land acquisition proceeding culminating into the said award itself lapsed by the operation of law. 3. Reliance is placed on Section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, to contend that in the facts of the present case, two year period from the date of publication of the declaration under Section 6 of the said Act had already lapsed before the award was passed. varsha 1 of 7 903-WP-15016-2022.doc 4. In order to support the aforesaid contention, the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioners referred to the contents of the award. 

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