1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3429 OF 2008 1. Baburao S/o Apparao Khandekar (Died) Through L.R.'s Apparao S/o Baburao Khandekar, Age : 65 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o Dindrud, Tq. Majalgaon, District Beed. 2. Rangnath S/o Shankar Ghodke (Died), Through L.R.'s. Gopinath S/o Rangnath Ghodke, Age : 55 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o Dindrud, Tq. Majalgaon, District Beed. 3. Gangubai W/o Daulatrao Thombre (Died), Through L.R.'s. Shakuntala W/o Kumarrao Dake, Age : 40 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o Dindrud, Tq. Majalgaon, District Beed. 4. Nilkanth S/o Anna Thombre, Age : 70 Years, Occu. : Agril., R/o Dindrud, Tq. Majalgaon, District Beed. .. .. ..PETITIONERS Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra 2. The District Collector, Beed, District Beed. 2 3. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Minor Irrigation Department, Beed, Tq. & Dist. Beed. 4. Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Ambajogai, Tq. Ambajogai, District Beed. .. .. .. RESPONDENTS Shri S. S. Pawar, Advocate for the Petitioners. Shri K. G. Patil, A.G.P. for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 4. CORAM : B. R. GAVAI, AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 31ST AUGUST, 2009. ORAL ORDER [ Per B. R. Gavail, J. ] : Rule made returnable forthwith. 1. By consent taken up for hearing. Limited relief claimed in this petition is that, the direction to be issued to the respondents to decide the application filed by the present petitioners for grant of rental compensation. 2. The petition is allowed. The respondent Nos. 2 to 4 are directed to consider the application of petitioners for grant of rental compensation within a period of three months from today. The petitioners shall appear before the respondent No. 3 on 14th September, 2009 along with all necessary documents in support of 3 their claim. 3. Needless to state that, the petitioners would be granted opportunity of hearing. 4. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ B. R. GAVAI, J.] bsb/August 09