1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4533 OF 2009 Kakasaheb s/o Ashruba Shinde, Age 38 years, Occu.Agril., R/o Jalgaon, Tq. Ashti, District Beed .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through the Chief Secretary, State of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 2. The Collector, Beed, District Beed 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer No.2, Beed, District Beed .. Respondents Shri D.R.Jayabhar, Advocate for petitioner Shri N.N.Jadhav, Assistant Govt.Pleader for respondents CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. POTDAR, JJ DATE : 30th September 2009 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER P.V.HARDAS , J ] 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 2. The petitioner by this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ directing respondents 2 to 3 to declare the award in respect the acquisition of the land of the petitioner for construction of a storage tank at village Jalgaon, Taluka Ashti, District Beed. 3. Notice of this petition came to be accepted by the learned Assistant Government Pleader and the learned Assistant Govt.Pleader had sought time for obtaining necessary instructions. On instruction, the learned Assistant Govt.Pleader states that the award would be declared within six months from today. We accept the said statement as an undertaking to Court and accordingly allow this petition by directing respondents to declare the award in respect of the acquisition of the land of the petitioner for construction of storage tank at village Jalgaon, Taluka Ashti, District Beed, within six months from today and to expeditiously pay the compensation to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no orders as to costs. ( A.V.POTDAR ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE vvr/4533.09wp 3