1 wp9655.2009.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9655 OF 2009 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1480 OF 2010. Prakash Balkrishna Gaikwad & Anr. ..Petitioners Vs. Special Land Acquisition Officer No.12 Sangli & ors. .. Respondents Mr.Umesh R. Mankapure for the Petitioners. Mr. V.S. Gokhale, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM : P.B. MAJMUDAR AND A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 17TH FEBRUARY, 2011. P.C. 1. The grievance of the petitioners in this petition is that the land of the petitioners should not have been acquired in view of the consent decree passed in the partition suit. The petitioners are challenging the mutation entry. The petitioners have asserted that they are in physical possession and by mere mutation entry it could not be said that they are not in possession. The petition is resisted by respondents by filing reply. 2 wp9655.2009.sxw 2. The land acquisition proceedings are over since long. The learned Counsel for the petitioners however, submits that the petitioners are willing to hand over another land in the same area by purchasing another land, if the Government allows to retain this land, since this land is his ancestral land. The petitioners are permitted to make representation to the competent authority. It is for the competent authority to consider whether for exchange of this land, the petitioners can be permitted to hand over other land of same area. We do not express any opinion on this aspect. The petitioners shall file representation to the competent authority within 2 weeks from today. The competent authority may consider the representation as deemed fit and decide the same within 2 months thereafter, in case representation is made within 2 weeks from today. Status-quo as on today be maintained till the representation is decided. Writ Petition is withdrawn. It is clarified that we have not disturbed the land acquisition in any manner. Writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn. The Civil Application is disposed of. ( A.A. SAYED, J. ) (P.B. MAJMUDAR, J.)