1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.7248 OF 2009 1) Chandrakant s/o Kerba Ambad, R/o-Ladegaon, Tq-Kaij, Dist-Beed. 2) Kerba s/o Tukaram Ambad, R/o- As above. ...PETITIONERS. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through the Secretary, Revenue Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32, 2) The District Collector, Beed, Dist-Beed, 3) The Special Land Acquisition Officer No.1, Beed, At Ambejogai, 4) The District Rehabilitation Officer, Beed, Dist-Beed. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Mr.R.T. Deshmukh Advocate for Petitioners. Mrs.A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for Respondents. ... 2 CORAM: A.M. KHANWILKAR AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 13TH JANUARY, 2010. PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission itself. 2. The limited relief prayed in this Petition, is to issue directions to the Respondent authorities to issue a certificate of project affected person to the Petitioner. The stand taken by the Respondents, appears to be that the Petitioner is not eligible for such certificate, however, the appropriate authority has to take a formal decision in the matter. 3. We direct Respondent No.4 - the District Rehabilitation Officer to consider the claim of 3 the Petitioner for issuance of certificate of project affected person, by treating this Petition as his representation and pass final orders thereon, after giving due opportunity to the Petitioner, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within eight weeks from today. While deciding the representation, the Authority shall keep in mind the legal position already expounded by this Court in similar cases. The said officer shall then submit compliance report in the Registry of this Court. All questions in that behalf are left open. . Rule is made absolute on the terms indicated above. [S.S. SHINDE, J.] [A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.] asb/JAN10/wp7248.09