: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2222 OF 2007 Dada Ragho Shinde & Ors. ....Petitioners V/s. Special Land Acquisition & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.K.S. Patil with Mr.P.N. Joshi for the Petitioners. Mr.V.P. Malwankar, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. CORAM : F.I. REBELLO & R.M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 3RD APRIL, 2007. P.C. : 1. Rule. Heard forthwith. 2. The Petitioners have applied under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. That application is pending since 1995, according to the Petitioners. In the light of that, this application can be disposed of by issuing the following directions :- The S.L.A.O. to consider the pending application of the Petitioners and thereafter to dispose of the same according to law if : 2 : the application otherwise is maintainable in law. The entire exercise to be completed within 12 weeks of a copy of this order being served on the S.L.A.O. 3. With the above observations the Writ Petition is disposed of. (R.M. SAVANT, J.) (F.I. REBELLO, J.)