: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6740 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6740 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6740 OF 2008 Keshav Yashwant Potdar ...Petitioner. V/s. The Collector & Deputy Director for Rehabilitation Project (Land), Kolhapur & Ors. ...Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO.6748 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6748 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6748 OF 2008 Hari Babaji Kene (Decd.) by L.Rs. Mahipati Hari Kene & Anr. ...Petitioners. V/s. The Collector & Deputy Director for Rehabilitation Project (Land), Kolhapur & Ors. ...Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO.6752 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6752 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6752 OF 2008 Laxman Shiva Talekar (Decd) by L.Rs. Anil Laxman Talekar & Ors. ...Petitioners. V/s. The Collector & Deputy Director for Rehabilitation Project (Land), Kolhapur & Ors. ...Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO.6767 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6767 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6767 OF 2008 Shankar Dadu Kamble ...Petitioner. V/s. The Collector & Deputy Director for Rehabilitation Project (Land), Kolhapur & Ors. ...Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO.6811 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6811 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6811 OF 2008 Krishna Bhiva Patil & Ors. ...Petitioners. V/s. The Collector & Deputy Director for Rehabilitation Project (Land), Kolhapur & Ors. ...Respondents. WRIT PETITION NO.6825 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6825 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.6825 OF 2008 Nahanu Mahadev Lad & Anr. ...Petitioners. V/s. : 2 : The Collector & Deputy Director for Rehabilitation Project (Land), Kolhapur & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr.P.D.Dalvi , adv. for the Petitioners. Mrs.M.P.Thakur, AGP for the Respondent/State. CORAM: Bilal Nazki CORAM: Bilal Nazki CORAM: Bilal Nazki & J.H.Bhatia,JJ J.H.Bhatia,JJ J.H.Bhatia,JJ. DATE : 20th October, 2008. DATE : 20th October, 2008. DATE : 20th October, 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. Case of the petitioners in all these cases is that they were displaced persons because of the project in 1988 and their lands have been acquired. Substitute lands are not provided to them till date. The learned counsel for the Respondents has filed counter affidavit and it is stated in the counter affidavit that the respondents have initiated enquiry to come to conclusion that the petitioners were displaced and were entitled to rehabilitation by allotment of land and the petitioners have been called on different dates. : 3 : 2. In this view of the matter, these writ petitions can be disposed off by directing respondents to complete enquiry before 31st December, 2008. If the petitioners are found to be entitled, suitable order shall be passed. Petitions stand disposed off accordingly. (Bilal Nazki, J.) (Bilal Nazki, J.) (Bilal Nazki, J.) (J.H.Bhatia, J.) (J.H.Bhatia, J.) (J.H.Bhatia, J.)