1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.1314 OF 2005 Nandkumar Amrutrao Sardesai : Petitioner V/s. The Range Forest Officer & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.D. S. Rege instructed by Mr. S. M. Railkar for the petitioner. Mr. Y.D. Mulani, Assistant Government pleader for the respondents. ... CORAM : DALVEER BHANDARI, C.J. & S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : MARCH 14, 2005. P.C.: 1. The petitioner has filed this petition for grant of permission to remove all felled material from gat no.118 of village Latgaon, taluka Ajara, dist. Kolhapur, pursuant to the direction given by the Circle Agriculture Officer. 2. An application in this behalf is pending before the Deputy Forest Officer, Kolhapur Forest Department, Kolhapur, since 9.12.2004. We direct the Deputy Forest Officer to decide the petitioner's application, as expeditiously as possible, and, in any event, within six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. 2 The leaned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents states that during the interregnum, the property in question would not be attached. 3. No further directions are necessary. This petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Sd/­ CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/­ S.A. BOBDE, J.