1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3644 OF 2009 Balasaheb Govind Botre and Ors. .... Petitioners V/s. The Assistant Collector, Junnar Sub-Division, Khed, and Ors. ..... Respondents Mr.A.Y.Sakhare, Sr.Advocate i/by Mr.P.H.Gaikwad, for the petitioners. Mrs.S.S.Bhende, AGP, for the respondent State. Mr.V.B.Tapkir, for respondent No.4. CORAM :P.B.MAJMUDAR & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE : 08TH APRIL, 2010 P.C. 1. Learned Senior counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that regularization application given by the petitioners are pending, one of which is produced on record at page No.73. In our view, representation should be decided without delay, as the lands were earmarked as Gayran lands. If such applications are pending, the authority before whom such applications are pending, may dispose of the same in accordance with law and in any case expeditiously within a period of three months from today. It is clarified that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the issue and such applications shall be decided by the concerned authority as per the government policy and as per law. 2 2. In view of aforesaid innocuous order, learned counsel for the petitioners states that he wants to withdraw the petition. Permission to withdraw the petition is granted. Writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn. 3. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that till representation/application of the petitioners are decided, the petitioners may not be dispossessed, as the petitioners are in possession. It is required to be noted that even though decision was taken as back as in the year 1977 to keep the lands free from encroachments, the respondents had not taken any active steps for all these years. Therefore, reluctantly, we direct the authority to maintain status quo till the representation is decided. ( R.G.KETKAR, J. ) ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J. )