1 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7836 OF 2009 Mr.Jitu Prakash Sundrani & ors. : Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO.7837 OF 2009 Mr. Naryan Chetandas Sundrani & ors. : Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO.7838 OF 2009 Mr. Naryan Chetandas Sundrani & ors. : Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO.7839 OF 2009 Mr. Naryan Chetandas Sundrani & ors. : Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO.7840 OF 2009 Mr. Naryan Chetandas Sundrani & ors. : Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & ors. : Respondents. CORAM : S B MHASE & R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 22nd September 2009 Mr.S P Kanuga a/w Ms.Sapna Nath for the Petitioner Mr. V P Malvankar, Special Panel “A” Counsel for Respondents. 2 P.C. 1. The Petitioners have made an application on 14th December 2007 to mutate their names in the City Survey Record as per the Sale Deeds in their favour. The Applications are made in 2007. The Respondents should therefore have by now disposed of the said applications on merits. However, surprisingly they are kept pending for the reasons best known to the Respondent No.2­ City Survey Officer. Even the Respondent No.2 has dared not to clear the applications in spite of the fact that the advocate’s notice was served upon him. Therefore, the Respondent No.2 is hereby directed to dispose of the applications on merits within a period of two weeks from date. The election duty will not be an excuse to protract the matter. The Collector, Kolhapur is hereby directed to make an enquiry into the conduct of the Respondent No.2 as to why he has not disposed of the applications within the time as specified in law as expeditiously as possible. The Collector, Kolhapur shall also initiate an enquiry against the Respondent No.2 if the explanation given is not found satisfactory and file a report of the said enquiry in this Court. The above Writ Petitions are accordingly disposed of. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [S.B.MHASE, J]