1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.10223 of 2010 1] Vithoba Mango Rote Age : 66 Sex : Male Jalgaon 2] Gopal Damu Patil Age : 60 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 3] Ravindra Pundlik Chaudhari Age : 62 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 4] Tukaram Udhav Shete Age : 62 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 5] Nilesh Janardhan Shete Age : 64 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 6] Lalchand Ramu Shete Age : 63 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 7] Dilip Ramu Shete Age : 50 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 8] Shaikh Majid Shaikh Ahmed Age : 55 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 9] Shaikh Chand Shaikh Maheboob Pinjari Age : 52 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 10] Damodhar Pawaji Shete Age : 48 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 11] Kautik Shridhar Shete 2 Age : 47 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 12] Sunil Shyama Shete Age : 50 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 13] Dhananjay Purushottam Chaudhari Age : 52 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 14] Chandrakant Subha Narkhede Age : 39 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 15] Sopan Bhoju Shete Age : 40 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 16] Dilip Hari Shete Age : 45 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 17] Baburao Madhav Patil Age : 73 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 18] Chandrakant Dina Patil Age : 56 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 19] Babura Namdeo Patil Age : 73 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 20] Babulal Fakirchand Wani Age : 67 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 21] Sadashiv Vishnu Shete Age : 65 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 22] Ramabai Purushottum Mahajan Age : 68 Sex : Female Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 3 23] Laxman Chavdas Patil Age : 66 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 24] Anant Vishnu Patil Age : 67 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 25] Dnyandeo Pandurang Patil Age : 66 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 26] Ananda Bhila Chaudhari Age : 30 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 27] Damu Dhana Patil Age : 50 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 28] Sopan Damu Patil Age : 52 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 29] Prakash Damu Patil Age : 55 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 30] Nivrutti Damu Patil Age : 58 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 31] Devidas Damodhar Mali Age : 51 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 32] Pandurang Dashrath Yeole Age : 52 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon 33] Pandit Devram Marathe, Age 55 years, Occ. Agriculture 4 34] Ramesh Shriram Ghadekar Age : 58 Sex : Male Nashirabad Dist Jalgaon All R/o. Nashirabad, Tq. And Dist. Jalgaon Petitioners. Versus. 1] The State Of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Irrigation Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2] The Collector, Jalgaon 3] The Speical Land Acquisition Officer Minor Irrigation Division Jalgaon 4] The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division Jalgaon Respondents Mr. A.B. Kale, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.B. Khandare, Govt. pleader for respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE M.T. JOSHI,JJ. DATE : 21st March, 2011. PER COURT : 1] Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Govt. Pleader for respondent Nos. 1 to 3. None appears for respondent No.4 though served. 5 2] By this writ petition, petitioners are seeking direction to respondent No.4, to pay interest on the amount of rental compensation, in the light of the Government policy, so also, in the light of the judgment of the Apex Court, reported in AIR 2003 Supreme Court, 3698, “State of Maharashtra and others Vs. Maimuma Banu and others”. 3] There is no dispute that the petitioners have received rental compensation and by their application, dated 3/4/2010, addressed to respondent Nos. 3 and 4, they have prayed for interest on the amount of rental compensation. Their application dated 3/4/2010 (Exhibit D to the petition) is still pending. In the circumstances, we dispose of this writ petition with the following order :- O R D E R [I] Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 shall consider the petitioner's representation dated 3/4/2010, and dispose it of, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of this order. [II] It is open to the petitioners to rely upon the judgment of this court or the Supreme Court in support of their claim. [III] While passing this order, we shall not be understood have issued any direction on merits of the case and the concerned authorities shall deal with the application of the petitioners dated 3/4/2010, in accordance with law. [M.T. JOSHI,J] [D.B. BHOSALE,J.] grt/wp