Two war veterans urge HC not to take back their lands  Mumbai:
Two war veterans have moved the Bombay High Court seeking a
direction to the Maharashtra government not to take back the
land allotted to them near Pune under a 1973 scheme for soldiers
of the Indian Army.  The Bombay High Court has asked Advocate
General Darius Khambata to find out a solution to this problem
as the two war veterans had not constructed the houses in the
given time frame, as per the policy laid down by the state.  The
matter would be heard on December 17 by justices S J Vajifdar
and R Y Ganoo.  Hearing the matter on Tuesday, the judges asked
the government to be a little accommodative to the war heroes
who do not feel shy to lay down their lives for the country. Do
not treat the war veterans like this, the judges observed on
December 11.  Retired Colonel Anil Athalye and R Kirloskar were
allotted separate plots of land at Vadgaon-Sheri, now included
in Pune Municipal Corporation. The government had allotted the
two war veterans plo