IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION No. 7829 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION No. 7829 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION No. 7829 OF 2008 Sudhakar Gangadhar Rajwade ..Petitioner. Vs. The Additional Commissioner & Ors ..Respondents. Mr N. V. Bandiwadikar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr S. N. Patil, A.G.P. for the respondent. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. DATED: 14.01.2009. DATED: 14.01.2009. DATED: 14.01.2009. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: ---- ---- ---- 1. Leave to amend. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2. On the motion made by the learned counsel for the Petitioner, he is allowed to delete the name of Respondent No.3. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and also the learned A.G.P. for the Respondent. Perused petition. 4. By consent of the parties, the order passed by the District Collector, Ratnagiri dated 2.2.2008 and the Additional Commissioner, Mumbai dated 20.6.2008 are set aside dispensing with the reasons in support of this order and the matter is remitted back to the Collector for hearing afresh. The Collector is directed to issue notices to the concerned parties and decide the application made by the Petitioner under Section 85 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (M.L.R.C.) by a reasoned order following the principles of natural justice. All rival contentions in this behalf are kept open. The Collector is directed to decide the application under Section 85 of the M.L.R.C. as expeditiously as possible at any rate within four months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 5. Learned counsel for the Respondent undertakes to communicate this order to the State. (V.C.DAGA, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.)