1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6215 OF 2010 1. Bapu s/o Bhagwan Rasal, Age 50 years, Occ. Agriculture, 2. Shakuntala w/o Bhagwan Rasal, Age 48 years, Occ. Agriculture, Both R/o Gawadi, Taluka and District Beed. ... PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, through Government Pleader, High Court of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad Through Secretary of Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. The Collector, Beed, District Beed. 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Jayakwadi Project, Beed, District Beed. 4. The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Beed, President, District Rural Development Authority, Beed, District Beed. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri B.T. Wagh, Advocate holding for Shri D.R. Jaybhar, Advocate for the petitioners Shri D.R. Korde, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 to 3 Shri M.P. Gande, Advocate holding for Shri U.B. Bondar, Advocate for respondent No.4. ..... 2 CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 15th July, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. We have heard Mr. B.T. Wagh, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. D.R. Korde, learned A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Mr. M.P. Gande, learned counsel for respondent No.4. 3. The limited grievance of the petitioners in this petition is that the applications/ representations of the petitioners for payment of rental compensation is pending consideration with the respondents. According to the petitioners, though the land was acquired in the year 1994, rental compensation has not been paid to the petitioners. In that light of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the applications/ representations of the petitioners for payment of rental compensation, if pending, in 3 accordance with law, within a period of three months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. We further direct the respondents to pay the rental compensation to the petitioners as expeditiously as possible in the event it is found by the respondents that the petitioners are entitled to be paid the rental compensation. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)