India, May 9 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the collector of the Mumbai Suburban district to survey a plot of land belonging to the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Powai, after a petition alleged that unauthorised persons had encroached upon it.

A division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Makarand Karnik directed the collector to undertake the survey after granting IIT Bombay and the alleged encroachers an opportunity to present their case and produce documents in support of their respective claims.

If the claim is found to be true, the court directed the collector to remove the encroachments "in accordance with law". Government pleader Neha Bhide assured the court that the collector would be provi...