1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1640 OF 2006 IN WRIT PETITION NO.10278 OF 2004 The State of Maharashtra and others .. Applicants v/s. M/s.Poly Petro Chem Pvt.Ltd. .. Respondent Mr.C.R.Sonawane, Assistant Government Pleader for the applicants. CORAM : R.M.LODHA & NARESH H. PATIL , JJ. DATED : 31ST JULY, 2006. P.C. By the order dated 21st December, 2005, this court directed the Additional Collector, Pune to hear and decide the matter within four weeks therefrom. More than seven months have passed since then but still the matter remains pending before the Additional Collector. This is not proper. Once an order is passed by the Court for deciding the matter within a particular time, the authority is expected to comply with the direction of the court and decide the matter within the time so granted. If for any reason the matter could not be disposed of by the Additional Collector within four weeks, he ought to have done so within the reasonable time but he failed to do so. 2 2. We now direct the Additional Collector, Pune and if for any reason, the Additional Collector, Pune cannot hear and decide the matter expeditiously, the Collector, Pune or any other Additional Collector who may be assigned to hear and decide the matter as expeditiously as possible and in no case later than four weeks from the date of production of the order of this court. The Assistant Government Pleader will obtain the certified copy of this order on urgent basis and it will be his responsibility to communicate the said order to the Collector, Pune/Additional Collector, Pune. Civil application stands disposed of. (R.M.LODHA, J.) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.)