1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Writ Petition No. 4750 of 2010 Prashant and anr v. The Collector and ors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr S.P. Bhandarkar, Adv for petitioners Ms R. Deshpande, AGP for respondents Coram: D.D. Sinha and A. P. Bhangale, JJ Dated : 22nd February 2011 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners vide application dated 24.5.2006 applied to the Collector to permit the petitioners to convert the agricultural land into non-agricultural land and for grant of necessary sanction under the provisions of the Maharashtra Regional & Town Planning Act, 1966. It is further contended that the application/proposal of the petitioners has been forwarded to the Assistant Director of Town Planning by the Collector vide communication dated 3.2.2010. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the said proposal is pending with the Assistant Director, Town Planning, Nagpur till this date. Hence, the petitioners are 2 praying for direction to the said Authority to decide the same within a stipulated period. 4. In the circumstances, we dispose of the petition with the following observations. The Assistant Director, Town Planning, Nagpur to decide the proposal of the petitioners in accordance with law and procedure application in this regard, if not decided earlier. JUDGE JUDGE joshi 3