JUDGMENT - Dr. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.:---The petitioner owns land bearing Survey No. 62/3 and 63/2 situated at Valwan, Lonavala. The land is situated within the Municipal limits of the first respondent. On 1st February, 1978, the Final Development Plan for Lonavala, which was sanctioned by the State Government, came into force. The land belonging to the petitioner was shown as being reserved, together with various other lands, for the purposes of the extension of an educational institution known as the "Dr. B.N. Purandare College". The affiliation of the aforesaid college to the University of Pune is stated to have been cancelled sometime in the year 1977. On 4th July, 1986, the Lonvala Municipal Council resolved to initiate a minor modification to the sanctioned Development Plan under section 37 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 ("the Act") so as to change the designation of the site reserved in the Development Plan from the existing reservation for the Dr. B.N. Purandare College to a reservation for the College belonging to the third respondent, the Lonvala Education Trust. The Municipal Council after following the procedure under section 37 of the Act, submit

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