IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA **** WRIT PETITION NOS.129 OF 2004,130 OF 2004, 131 OF 2004 & 132 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO.129 OF 2004 Comunidade of Chorao, represented by its effective attorney Mr. Policarpo C. D’Souza, r/o Chorao, Goa. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Goa, through the Chief Secretary, Panaji, Goa, 2. Deputy Collector, having office at Mamlatdar Bldg., Panaji, Goa, 3. Adish Rama Korgaonkar, 4. Smt. Sugandha A. Korgaonkar, 5. Smt. Chandra Rama Korgaonkar, 6. Dhaktu Mayenkar alias Daktu Chodankar, all r/o Sodotim, Chorao, Ilhas, Goa, represented by their duly constituted attorney, Shri Vithal Tanu Chodankar, r/o Sodotim, Ilhas, Goa, and 7. The Administrator of Comunidade, Central Zone, Panaji, Goa. ... Respondents. Shri R. B. D’Sa, advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Shri H. D. Naik, Additional Government Advocate for respondent nos. 1 and 2. WRIT PETITION NO. 130 OF 2004 Comunidade of Chorao, - 2 - represented by its effective attorney Mr. Policarpo C. D’Souza, r/o Chorao, Goa. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Goa, through the Chief Secretary, Panaji, Goa, 2. Deputy Collector, having office at Mamlatdar Building, Panaji, Goa, 3. Kashinath B. Surlikar, r/o House No.843, Karabhat, Chorao, Ilhas, Goa, and 4. The Administrator of Comunidade, Central Zone, Panaji, Goa. ... Respondents. Shri R. B. D’Sa, advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Shri H. D. Naik, Additional Government Advocate for respodent nos. 1 and 2. WRIT PETITION NO. 131 OF 2004 Comunidade of Chorao, represented by its effective attorney Mr. Policarpo C. D’Souza, r/o Chorao, Goa. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Goa, through the Chief Secretary, Panaji, Goa, 2. Deputy Collector, having office at Mamlatdar Building, Panaji, Goa, 3. Smt. Kalavati S. Vadyekar, 4. Shri Devendranath S. Vadyekar, 5. Shri Jitendra S. Vadyekar, 6. Shri Surendra S. Vadyekar, - 3 - all r/o House No. 833, Carabhat Chorao, Ilhas, Goa, and 7. The Administrator of Comunidade, Central Zone, Panaji, Goa. ... Respondents. Shri R. B. D’Sa, advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Shri H. D. Naik, Additional Government Advocate for respodent nos. 1 and 2. WRIT PETITION NO. 132 OF 2004 Comunidade of Chorao, represented by its effective attorney Mr. Policarpo C. D’Souza, r/o Chorao, Goa. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Goa, through the Chief Secretary, Panaji, Goa, 2. Deputy Collector, having office at Mamlatdar Building, Panaji, Goa, 3. Smt. Devikabai Vasudev Chodankar, since deceased through legal representatives: 3a) Shri Dharma V. Chodankar, 3b) Shri Krishna V. Chodankar, 3c) Shri Prasad V. Chodankar, all r/o Sodotim, Chorao, Ilhas, Goa, and 4. The Administrator of Comunidade, Central Zzone, Panaji, Goa. ... Respondents. Shri R. B. D’Sa, advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.N.S. Nadkarni, Advocate General with Shri H. D. Naik, Additional Government Advocate for respodent nos. 1 and 2. - 4 - CORAM : P. V. HARDAS & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 29th March, 2004 ORAL JUDGMENT (Per Hardas, J.) Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned counsel for the parties, these petitions are taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2. By these petitions, the petitioner seeks for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondent no.2, Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Officer, Panaji, to expeditiously adjudicate upon and dispose of the Appeals No.TNC/REV/APPL/6/2001, TNC/REV/APPL/5/2001, TNC/REV/APPL/8/2001 and TNC/REV/APPL/7/2001, pending before the Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Officer. The learned Advocate General representing the respondents, fairly states that the respondent no.2 would decide the appeals within a period of six months from today. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, on the basis of this statement, the grievance agitated by the petitioner in the present petitions does not survive for consideration. We accept the statement made by the learned Advocate General on behalf of the respondent no.2, that he would decide the appeals within a period of six months from today. 3. The Petitions are accordingly disposed of with - 5 - no order as to costs. P. V. HARDAS, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. mc.