The Supreme Court has held that the Government, after acquiring a private land, has the right to determine the use of the land in any manner and the aggrieved land owner cannot question its action. A bench comprising Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said that the land owner becomes persona non grata once the land vests in the State. He has a right to get compensation only for the same. The person interested cannot claim the right of restoration of land on any ground. The apex court passed the judgment while dismissing the appeal which sought restoration of land acquired by the Maharashtra Government for the Pune Municipal Transport Corporation in 1978 for setting up a staff quarters. It later constructed a bus depot at the site. The apex court also expressed surprise at the manner in which the Government exercised its revisional powers and acceded to the request of the land owner 20 years after the acquisition, though no limitation is fixed under the Urban Land Ceiling Act, 1976 for exercising the power.