(1) wp7781-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7781 OF 2011 Baliram Bhoju Rathod PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. S.C. Bhosle, advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.V. Kurundkar, Govt. Pleader for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 9th DECEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally, by consent. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court being aggrieved by the order dated 13th September, 2011, vide which the application filed by the present petitioner for grant of "Project Affected Person" Certificate has been rejected. 3. We find that if the petitioner's grandfather's land has been, in fact, acquired for the public project, merely on some technical ground, (2) wp7781-11 he should not be deprived of his legitimate claim. We, therefore, quash and set aside the impugned order dated 13th September, 2011 and remit the matter back to the Deputy Collector (Rehabilitation), Nanded for reconsidering the application of the petitioner. We further direct that if, in fact, the petitioner's grandfather's land has been acquired and if no other family member from the family of the petitioner's grandfather has been granted "Project Affected Person" Certificate and if in accordance with the Government policy, the petitioner is entitled to "Project Affected Person" Certificate, such a Certificate be issued to him. 4. Rule is made absolute in above terms. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp7781-11