1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.149 OF 2007 Rajendra Pandharinath Ghorpade .... Petitioner. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..... Respondents. ------ Mr. R.G. Ketkar alongwith Mr. Pankaj Das i/b Shri R.S. Datar for the Petitioner. Mr. P.M. Patil, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3. Mr. Dinesh P. Adsule for respondent No.4. ----- CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. AND V.M.KANADE, J. DATE : 19TH JUNE, 2008. P.C.: 1. It is not in dispute before us that Survey No.39 situated at Kulgaon, Taluka Ambernath, District Thane has already been allotted to the Municipal Council of Kulgaon and possession thereof has also been given. 2. The grievance of the Petitioner who claims to be acting in public interest is that Council's plans are not being sanctioned and without passing any order, information given is that it is a forest land which is not correct factually. 2 Reference is also made to the letter of the Central Government dated 31/08/2006 at Exhibit- K to the Petition. 3. In the circumstances aforestated, we dispose of this Petition with a direction to the State Government and the Competent Authority to consider the request of the Council for sanctioning the plan and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from today. No order as to costs. CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.