MUMBAI, May 10 -- The Maharashtra government will move the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order that cleared the way for transfer of nearly 254.88 acres of land in Mira-Bhayandar to two private developers, revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Friday. In a statement, Bawankule said the state revenue department would file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging the April 30 high court ruling in favour of Estate Investment and Mira Real Estate Developers. The land parcel in Mouje Bhayandar is estimated to be worth hundreds of crores and, according to the revenue department, belongs to the Maharashtra government. Since the verdict was unexpected, directions have been issued to file a SLP in the apex court to strongly defend the state government's position, Bawankule said. The release claimed that the names of Estate Investment Company and Mira Salt Works were inserted into the records illegally. It said that in 1958, the name of the Union government's Salt Department was added because the land was being used as salt pans. The ownership dispute reached the Supreme Court, which directed the parties to approach the Thane district collector. In 2002, the collector rejected the claim of Mira Salt Works and ordered that the entire land vest with the state government. However, in 2019, the companies along with the Salt Commissioner filed a first appeal in Bombay High Court. On April 30, the high court dismissed the Salt Commissioner's appeal and ruled that the land belonged to Mira Salt Works. "We will crush all attempts to grab government land by tampering with revenue records," Bawankule said. "The high court order allows transfer of government land to private owners. We will challenge this order in Supreme Court to protect public property and defend the state's ownership rights over this land."...