1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2412 OF 2010 1. Gopinath Pandu Bankar, Age : 80 yrs, Occu.agril 2. Haribhau Somilal Bankar, Age : 47 years, Occu.Agril 3. Babulal Onkarsing Rajput, Age : 45 years, Occu.Agril., All R/o Vaijapur, Tq. Vaijapur, Dist. Aurangabad ..PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32 2. The Collector, Collector Office, Aurangabad 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Collector Office, Aurangabad 4. The General Manager District Industrial Centre, Station Road, Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr N.J. Pahune Patil, Advocate for the petitioners; Mr S.V. Kurundkar, Addl. G.P. for respondents. 2 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 24th March, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER GANGAPURWALA , J ] Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of parties petition is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2. The Collector submitted a proposal to State Government through Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad on 31.5.1997 to release the land of the petitioner. The petitioner also submitted application to the District Industries Centre on 4.10.2007 requesting to release the land. Thereafter again on 4.12.2009 the petitioners filed application to the Government to release their land under section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act. The said applications of the petitioners are not decided. 3. Upon hearing the learned A.G.P. for respondents, we direct the respondents to decide the application of the petitioner for release of the land under section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act, if pending within a stipulated period of four months from today. 3 4. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. No order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp2409.10