FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.298 OF 2010 ________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | ________________________________________________________ Heard learned Counsel for the parties. 2 The petitioner, being exasperated by the fact that the authority has not decided the application filed under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, which has remained pending since September, 2000, has approached this Court for direction to the authority to decide the application expeditiously. 3 In the event, the said application has remained pending for such a long time, such inaction of the Authority cannot be countenanced at all especially, when the matter pertains to the land acquisition and deprivation of the property of the land owner. In the circumstances, we direct the respondents to decide the application filed by the petitioner under Section 28-A of the said Act, if pending, expeditiously and in any case, not later than three months from the date of this order. The authority shall submit compliance report in the Registry of this Court. Copy of this order be forwarded to the Secretary, Revenue Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai for information and necessary action against the concerned erring officials. (S.S. SHINDE, J) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J) 14.01.2010. PLK/*