IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6650 OF 2006 Arjun Shankar Patil ...Petitioner Versus Land Acquisition Officer and ors. ...Respondents Mr. S.S. Kulkarni for the petitioner. Mr. P.I. Khemani, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent No.1. CORAM: H.S. BEDI , C.J., & V.M. KANADE , J. DATE: OCTOBER 09, 2006. P.C. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. The only prayer of the petitioner is that the applications filed way back in 1989 under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act should be decided within a reasonable time. We find absolutely no justification as to why these applications have been kept pending for so long and the right of the petitioner to seek compensation has been frustrated. We accordingly direct that the aforesaid applications shall be disposed of positively within a period of three months. We further direct that in case the applications are allowed, payment of compensation shall be disbursed within a period of one month thereafter. This petition is accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.