IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 475 OF 2007 MR. COSME ROMALDO SILVEIRA ... Petitioner Versus VILLAGE PANCHAYAT OF CHICALIM THROUGH SARPANCH AND 2 ORS., ... Respondents Mrs. A. A. Agni and Ms. Ashwini Agni, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S. S. Kantak, Advocate General with Ms. Leena Dharwadkar, Addl. Govt. Advocate for the respondents No.2 and 3. Coram:- R. S. MOHITE & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. Date:- 8th October, 2007 P.C. The only prayer in this petition is pertaining to the expeditious hearing to be given to an appeal filed before the Director of Panchayats. The learned Advocate General points out that appeals are pending before the Director of Panchayats from the year 2001. In this view of the matter, we are not inclined to pass any orders in the writ petition and the writ petition is dismissed. It is expected that the appeals which have been filed by the citizens are not kept pending for a long period of time. In the circumstances, in case the appeal of the petitioner is not decided within a period of 12 months from today, then there will be liberty to the petitioner to again approach this Court. The petition disposed off. R. S. MOHITE, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. ssm.