skc 1 WP-1796-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1796 OF 2011 Fatimabi Noormohamed Bawani ..Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. A. R. Shaikh i/b. Mr. V. Z. Kankaria for Petitioner. Ms. A. D. Vhatkar - Assistant Government Pleader for State – Respondent Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. N. J. Patil for Respondent No. 5. CORAM : D. D. SINHA AND SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. 10 October 2011 P.C. : Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the State – respondent nos. 1 to 4 and the learned counsel for the respondent no. 5. 2. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that pursuant to the public notice dated 24th March 2009 issued by the respondent no.1, the petitioner has submitted objection in respect of final plot no. 62 T.P. Scheme No. 1 to respondent no.1 Corporation dated 7th May 2010. The learned counsel for the respondent no. 5 – Corporation has submitted that objection received by the corporation, submitted by the petitioner in respect of the concerned plot skc 2 WP-1796-11 has been forwarded to the State Government i.e. respondent no.1, who is the competent authority to decide the same and it is pending for decision. 3. In paragraph 5 of the affidavit dated 3rd May 2011 filed by the Deputy Director of Town Planning, Pune Division, Pune, it is stated that if the petitioner has communicated in writing objection, the State Government shall make an enquir5y and after taking into consideration the scheme of planning authorities, will take appropriate decision in this regard. 4. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, it is evident that the respondent no.1 is the competent authority to consider the objection submitted by the petitioner dated 7th May 2010. Similarly, the Corporation has also forwarded the said objection to the State Government, which is pending for decision. It is in these circumstances, we dispose of the writ petition with direction to the respondent no. 1 to decide the objection of the petitioner dated 7th May 2010 in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard on its own merits within a period of two months from the date of communication of this order. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, J.)