IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Writ Petition No. 9752 of 2004 Bajirao Vithal Patil and Others .. Petitioners V/s. State of Maharashtra .. Respondents Mr. R.D. Soni i/b. M/s. Ram & Co. for the Petitioners Mr. S.R. Nargolkar, AGP. for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 CORAM : S. RADHAKRISHNAN & CORAM : S. RADHAKRISHNAN & CORAM : S. RADHAKRISHNAN & SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATED : 20.12.2004. DATED : 20.12.2004. DATED : 20.12.2004. P.C.:- P.C.:- P.C.:- 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Additional Government Pleader for the Respondents. The learned counsel for the Respondents waives service. By consent, taken up for hearing. 2. By this Petition, the Petitioners are seeking a very limited relief, i.e. expeditious decision of the Petitioner’s application under section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act. 3. The learned counsel for the Petitioners brought to our notice a judgment of this Court in First Appeal No. 1031 of 1987 dated 17.9.2004. 4. Under the aforesaid facts and circumstances, we direct the Respondent No. 2- Collector, Thane, to decide the aforesaid application under section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, after taking into account our aforesaid judgment dated 17.9.2004, pertaining to the same notification in First Appeal No. 1031 of 1987. The ( 2 ) Respondent No. 2 shall decide the said application as expeditiously as possible, after affording an opportunity of personal hearing to the Petitioners, preferably within a period of three months from today. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. (S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.) (S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.) (S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.) (SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.) (SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.) (SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.)