1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3197 OF 2010 Bhagwan Daulatrao Jadhav Age 34 years, Occ. Nil, R/o PHC, Sakhara, Tq. Shengaon, District Hingoli ... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, through its secretary, Rural Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 2. Zilla Parishad, Hingoli, through its Chief Executive Officer. 3. The Collector, Hingoli, District Hingoli 4. The Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri D.S. Mali, Advocate holding for Shri S.K. Kadam, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1, 3 and 4 Shri V.M. Lomte, Advocate for respondent No.2. ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 21st July, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of 2 learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The limited relief which the petitioner has sought for in this petition is to issue a writ directing the respondent No.4 Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad to decide the appeal filed by the petitioner which is said to be pending. In that light of the matter, therefore, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition at this stage. 3. We, accordingly, allow this petition and direct the parties to appear before the respondent No.4 on 28th July 2010, and respondent No.4 to decide the appeal filed by the petitioner on 13.7.2009, if pending, in accordance with law, within period of four weeks of 28th July 2010 and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the parties assure that the parties to the appeal would cooperate whole-heartedly in the expeditious disposal of the appeal. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)