1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5183 OF 2010 1. Dhondiba S/o Ganpat Shekade, Age : 60 Years, Occu. : Agriculture, R/o Gahurvel, Tq. Ashti, Dist. Beed. 2. Jayshree D/o Babasaheb Shekade, Age : 24 Years, Occu. : Education, R/o Gahurvel, Tq. Ashti, Dist. Beed. .. Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Through the Ministry of Social Welfare and Justice, Mantralaya Mumbai. 2. District Rehabilitation Officer, Collector Office, Beed. 3. Special Land Acquisition Officer No. - 2, Beed. .. Respondents Shri N. K. Tungar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Smt. A. V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the Respondent/State. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 17TH JUNE, 2010. 2 ORAL JUDGMENT ( PER P. V. HARDAS, J ) : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 02. The petitioners claim that their land was acquired for the purpose of construction of village tank. Since the petitioners claim to be project affected persons, applications have been submitted before the respondents for issuance of certificates as belonging to project affected category. The aforesaid applications, we are informed, are pending consideration with the respondents. In that light of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the said applications, in accordance with law, within a period of one month from today. 03. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/June 10