1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.4619 of 2009 (Narayan Sitaram Bhagve & ors...vs.. The State of Maharashtra & ors.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shri Manoj Mishra, Advocate for the petitioners, Shri A.S. Fulzele, A.G.P. for respondent nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5, Shri Manoj Sable, Advocate for respondent No.4. CORAM:- D.B. BHOSALE AND P. B. VARALE, JJ. DATED :- 9th AUGUST, 2010 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this writ petition, the petitioners has prayed for direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 5 to finalise the Below Poverty Line (for short “BPL”) list for the year 2002 of Amravati District and grant benefits of the BPL Scheme to them. They have also prayed for direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 5 to add new names and delete the names of ineligible persons from the list. 3. The State in their reply-affidavit have stated that they have included names of families, which fall in the category of BPL from time to time at the appropriate serial numbers, and insofar as deletion is concerned, they have 2 not taken the final decision so far. 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners would be satisfied if their names are included in the BPL list. In view thereof, we are satisfied that the following order shall meet the ends of justice : a) Respondent No.5-Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency, Amravati shall consider the claim of the petitioners as to whether they are entitled to be included in the BPL list and for the benefits under the Scheme as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. It is open to the petitioners to approach respondent No.5 with their applications alongwith a copy of this order within four weeks from today. While passing this order we shall not be understood to have issued any direction to the concerned officer and he shall consider and decide the claim of the petitioners, in accordance with law. With these directions, writ petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE pma