1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3040 OF 2009 Mohamemd Ibrahim Mohammed Ismail Patel ...Petitioner Versus The Special Land Acquisition Officer & Anr. ...Respondents Mr. R.S. Datar for the Petitioner Mr. V.S. Godbole, Assistant Government Pleader, for the State. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. DATE: JUNE 11, 2009 P.C.:- The learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that he had filed his counter on 15th April, 2009. The registry to find it. We have gone through the copy of the counter given by the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 2. The case of the petitioner is that he had filed an application under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which has not been contested by the respondents. 2 3. In his counter-affidavit, the Special Land Acquisition Officer has stated that draft award with respect to the petitioner in terms of Section 28A has been prepared and sent to the Collector for sanction. 4. In this view of the matter, no grievance of the petitioner remains. The petition is accordingly disposed of. 5. However, the petitioner submits that the acquisition pertains to year 1970, and award was passed in year 1988. After Section 18 application was decided, appeal has also been disposed of. Therefore, we direct the Collector to dispose of the matter immediately, preferably within a period of 6 weeks. BILAL NAZKI, J. SMT. V.K. TAHILRAMANI, J.