1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8177 OF 2009 1. Ahmed Chandsaheb Sayed } Age : 70 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 2. Nagnath S/o Narayan Gulve } Age : 45 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 3. Jamal Ahmed Sayed } Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 4. Bapu S/o Sitaram Hurkude } Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 5. Musa Babulal Sayed } Age : 35 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 6. Yunus Ahmed Sayyed } Age : 35 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 7. Shaikh Saukat Shaikh Hamid } Age : 50 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 2 8. Laxman Dnyanoba Hurkude } Age : 40 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 9. Digambar Yeshwant Dain } Age : 55 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 10. Rama S/o Yeshwant Dain } Age : 50 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 11. Ram S/o Shrirang Hurkude } Age : 35 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 12. Arjun S/o Shrirang Hurkude } Age : 33 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 13. Bhibhishan Vishwanath Hurkude } Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 14. Dasu @ Dasa Gundiba Dain } Age : 55 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 15. Chandrakant Narayan Gulve } Age : 60 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } 3 Dist. Osmanabad. } 16. Gopinath S/o Kondiba Hurkude } Age : 45 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 17. Vithal S/o Tatya Autade } Age : 50 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 18. Sanjay Nagnath Gulve } Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 19. Yunus S/o Ahmed Sayed } Age : 45 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 20. Jamal Ahmed Sayed } Age : 43 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 21. Jalal Ahmed Sayed } Age : 28 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 22. Raghunath Bhagwan Dain } Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 23. Nanasaheb Bhagwan Dain } Age : 40 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } 4 R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 24. Gorakh Bhagwan Dain } Age : 35 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 25. Sitaram S/o Kondiba Hurkude } Age : 55 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 26. Narayan S/o Kisan Dain } Age : 50 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 27. Vishwanath Kondiba Hurkude } Age : 50 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 28. Dattu S/o Kisan Dain } Age : 55 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 29. Salam Sultan Shaikh } Age : 70 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 30. Kerba S/o Kondiba Hurkude } Age : 53 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 31. Arjun S/o Shrirang Hurkude } 5 Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 32. Nanasaheb Gopinath Hurkude } Age : 30 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 33. Trimbak Maruti Shewale } Age : 44 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } 34. Madhukar Nivrutti Shewale } Age : 40 Years, Occ. : Agriculture, } R/o : Shelgaon, Tq. Paranda, } Dist. Osmanabad. } .... PETITIONERS V E R S U S 1. The State of Maharashtra } Through the Secretary } Minor Irrigation Department, } Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32. } 2. Special Land Acquisition Officer, } Minor Irrigation Project, } Osmanabad. } 3. The Executive Engineer } Medium Project, Division } Osmanabad. } 4. The District Collector } Collector Office, Osmanabad, } Dist. : Osmanabad. } .... RESPONDENTS 6 Mr. A.S.More, Advocate for petitioners. Mr. K.G.Patil, Assistant Govt. Pleader for State. CORAM : P.V.HARDAS & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE OF JUDGMENT : 26/03/2010 JUDGMENT : ( PER – S.V.GANGAPURWALA, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. We have heard Mr. A.S.More, Advocate for petitioners and Mr. K.G.Patil, Assistant Govt. Pleader for State. 3. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking writ of mandamus against the respondents for payment of rental compensation @ 8 % from the date of possession to the date of final payment with additional interest @ 12 % from 16/11/1999 till the actual realization of the amount of rental compensation. 4. It is submitted that the petitioner has given representation dated 10/12/2007 to the respondents for payment of the rental 7 compensation and the same has not yet been decided. In view of the fact that the representation for payment of rental compensation is pending with the respondents, we are not inclined to grant prayer clause ‘ A ’ to the petition. However, we direct the respondents to decide the representation dated 10/12/2007 made by the petitioner for payment of rental compensation within period of six months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. If the respondents come to the conclusion that the amount of rental compensation is payable to the petitioner, then the said amount be determined and paid to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible. 5. Rule is made partly absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. [ S.V.GANGAPURWALA ] [ P.V.HARDAS ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/WP 8177.09 ( J )