1 wp-5722-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5722 OF 2010 Vilas Nhanu Lad & Ors. ..Petitioners versus The Collector Kolhapur District, Kolhapur & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. Rahul Kulkarni for Petitioners. Mr. S. N. Patil – AGP for State. CORAM : D. D. SINHA AND MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED : JULY 27, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State. 2. Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners have already made representation dated 11th November 2008 to the Collector for declaring them as project affected persons of Vadganga Irrigation Project, however, the Collector has not taken any decision till this date. Hence, it is prayed that appropriate direction be given to the Collector to decide the 2 wp-5722-10 representation of the petitioners in accordance with law within a stipulated period. 3. In the circumstances, we dispose of the writ petition with directions to the respondent no. 1 – Collector Kolhapur to decide the said representation of the petitioners, if not decided earlier, in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard on its own merits, within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.)