1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2581 of 2010 Mr. Dagdu Balu Urankar ....Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Mr. M.V. Bandiwadekar for the petitioner. Mrs M.P.Thakur, AGP for respondents 1 & 2. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR AND R.M.SAVANT, JJ DATED:- April 06, 2010 P.C. Heard Counsel for the parties. 2. Rule. Rule, returnable forthwith, by consent. Mrs. Thakur waives notice for the Respondents 1 & 2. 3. As short question is involved, Petition is taken up for final disposal forthwith, by consent. 4. The grievance made in this Petition is that the Application dated 3rd August, 1990 filed by the Petitioner before Respondent No. 2 under Section 28 A of the Land Acquisition Act is still pending undecided. Learned AGP submits that the said Application could not be proceeded on account of 2 pendency of the First Appeal against the Award passed by the Civil Judge Senior Division, Panvel. Counsel for the Petitioner submits the the said First Appeal has since been disposed of. If it is so, we direct the Respondent No. 2 to decide the Application under Section 28A (Exhibt B) as expeditiously as possible preferably within three months from the date on which the Petitioner would produce copy of this order in the office of the Respondent No.2 and Respondent No. 2 shall ensure that the order so passed shall be communicated to the Petitioner within the same time and further steps be taken to disburse amount to the Petitioner which will be determined in the proposed order within six weeks from the date of the order. 5. Petition disposed of on the above terms. (R.M. SAVANT, J) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J)