: 1 : USJ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 10309 OF 2009 IN CIVIL APPLICATION (ST.) NO. 17058 OF 2010 Shiv Seva Charitable Trust (Kukshet) .. Petitioner V/s. The Collector, Thane & Ors. .. Respondents ..... Mr. Rajesh S. Datar for the petitioner Mrs. M.P. Thakur, AGP for respondent nos. 1,2 and 4. Mr. P.G. Chavan i/by Navdeep Vorad & Associates for respondent no. 3. Mr. R.S. Apte, Sr. Advocate i/by Mr. V.P. Patankar for intervenor in CAW(St.) 17058/10. ..... CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & R.Y.GANOO, JJ. DATE : 19th November, 2010. P.C. :- 1. We have heard Mr. Datar, the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner who claims to be a Public Trust registered under the provisions of Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution prays for directions against the MIDC (respondent no.3) to allot and handover plot nos. P-5 and P-12 : 2 : situated at village Kukshet (Sarsole), Nerul, Navi Mumbai. It is also alleged by the petitioner that Plot no. P-5 has been encroached upon by respondent no.5. Mr. Datar has referred to the letters issued by the Collector from time to time and also the letter dated 26.5.2006 by the Regional Officer, MIDC to the District Rehabilitation Officer, Thane. We have perused these letters and at the most they could be read as a strong recommendation in favour of the petitioner trust. As of now, there is no firm allotment made by the MIDC of any plot to the petitioner trust in response to the recommendations made either by the Collector or by any other authority. 2. On the other hand, in the affidavit-in-reply filed by Shri Kamlesh S. Sonale, District Rehabilitation Officer, Thane it is stated that the Government has received similar proposals from three other trusts i.e. (i) Mauje Navin Kukshet Devasthan Committee, Sector 14, Nerul Road, Navi Mumbai (ii) Om Shri Ganesh Charitable Trust, Sector 14, Nerul Road, Navi Mumbai and (iii) Trinetra Mitra Mandal, Kukshet. As of now five applications are pending with the State Government and the Rehabilitation Officer has submitted a report to the Secretary in the Department of Industry, Energy and Labour, Government of Maharashtra on 21.3.2006. The final decision of the : 3 : State Government is still awaited. The petitioner’s application is one of the 5 pending applications on which report has been submitted by the District Rehabilitation Officer. Therefore, it would be appropriate that the State Government is directed to take appropriate decision on the pending applications within a specific period. 3. Hence, we direct the Government of Maharashtra through the Secretary in the Department of Industry, Energy and Labour to take a final decision on the pending 5 applications as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 3 months from today, for allotment of one plot to any of these 5 applicants. 4. The petition is disposed off accordingly. 5. Civil Application No. 17058 of 2010 does not survive and disposed off as such. [R.Y.GANOO, J.] [B.H. MARLAPALLE, J.]