1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5489 OF 2010 1. Jatrya Demasha Vasave, Age 74 years, Occ. Agriculture, 2. Kirta Mosa Vasave, Age 33 years, Occ. Agriculture, 3. Kilya Thobadya Vasave, Age 36 years, Occ. Agriculture, 4. Thogya Khatrya Vasave, Age 37 years, Occ. Agriculture, 5. Sipa Makatya Vasave, Age 32 years, Occ. Agriculture, 6. Karma Jegla Vasave, Age 35 years, Occ. Agriculture, 7. Ravya Chandya Vasave, Age 35 years, Occ. Agriculture, 8. Sampat Ramsing Vasave, Age 34 years, Occ. Agriculture, 9. Ruma Singa Vasave, Age 26 years, Occ. Agriculture, 10. Devalya Singa Vasave, Age 38 years, Occ. Agriculture, 11. Agala Jagala Vasave, Age 47 years, Occ. Agriculture, 12. Bola Chandya Vasave, Age 32 years, Occ. Agriculture, 13. Khema Khatrya Vasave, Age 53 years, Occ. Agriculture, 14. Kutrya Gimba Vasave, Age 35 years, Occ. Agriculture, 2 15. Singa Jalamya Vasave, Age 28 years, Occ. Agriculture, 16. Govalya Janya Vasave, Age 39 years, Occ. Agriculture, 17. Damusingh Katya Vasave, Age 49 years, Occ. Agriculture, 18. Kalusingh Detya Vasave, Age 33 years, Occ. Agriculture, 19. Sematya Jegala Vasave, Age 42 years, Occ. Agriculture, 20. Darkya Vitalal Vasave, Age 48 years, Occ. Agriculture, 21. Damu Hunya Vasave, Age 45 years, Occ. Agriculture, 22. Kilya Batya Vasave, Age 34 years, Occ. Agriculture, 23. Jobya Pohalya Vasave, Age 47 years, Occ. Agriculture, 24. Damu Thobadya Vasave, Age 30 years, Occ. Agriculture, 25. Pratap Thobadya Vasave, Age 42 years, Occ. Agriculture, 26. Kalusingh Bhamtya Naik, Age 33 years, Occ. Agriculture, 27. Singya Jumya Vasave, Age 53 years, Occ. Agriculture, 28. Indya Sotya Vasave, Age 38 years, Occ. Agriculture, 29. Torama Kocharya Vasave, Age 48 years, Occ. Agriculture, 3 30. Dhorkya Porba Vasave, Age 37 years, Occ. Agriculture, 31. Dinkar Kocharya Vasave, Age 32 years, Occ. Agriculture, 32. Bidya Rodtya Vasave, Age 49 years, Occ. Agriculture, 33. Gulabsing Khojalya Vasave, Age 27 years, Occ. Agriculture, 34. Divalya Rodtya Vasave, Age 33 years, Occ. Agriculture, 35. Jalya Kocharya Vasave, Age 45 years, Occ. Agriculture, 36. Niraja Bodya Vasave, Age 35 years, Occ. Agriculture, 37. Badya Kocharya Vasave, Age 45 years, Occ. Agriculture, 38. Ravi Dugar Vasave, Age 26 years, Occ. Agriculture, 39. Kalusing Vesta Vasave, Age 34 years, Occ. Agriculture, 40. Havalya Tetya Vasave, Age 31 years, Occ. Agriculture, 41. Khatrya Bonda Vasave, Age 42 years, Occ. Agriculture, 42. Rajesh Prabhu Vasave, Age 31 years, Occ. Agriculture, 43. Bhayja Jegala Vasave, Age 36 years, Occ. Agriculture, 44. Gulabsing Magartha Vasave, Age 47 years, Occ. Agriculture, 45. Dohrya Ramji Vasave, 4 Age 36 years, Occ. Agriculture, All r/o Shival Utara, Taluka Akkalkuwa, District Nandurbar. ... PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Forest and Revenue Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 2. The Additional Commissioner, Nashik Division, Nashik. 3. The Collector, Nandurbar, District Nandurbar. 4. The Tahsildar, Akkalkuwa, District Nandurbar (Copy to be served upon the Government Pleader, High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad) 5. Shri Vijaysing Singa Naik, Age 45 years, Occ. Secretary of Forest Rights Committee of village Mevasi, R/o Ambi, Taluka Akkalkuwa, District Nandurbar. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri A.B. Kale, Advocate holding for Shri D.M. Pingale, Advocate for the petitioner Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondents ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 12th August, 2010 5 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The limited relief which the petitioners have sought for in this petition is to issue a writ directing the respondents to decide the application/ applications of the petitioners dated 21.9.2002 submitted by the petitioners for regularisation of their respective encroachment of the Forest land at Shivalutara, Taluka Akkalkuwa, District Nandurbar Coup No.410 situated at village Patanshreni Thanavihir, Taluka Taloda. 3. In the light of the limited relief which the petitioners have prayed for in this petition, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition finally at this stage. 4. In the light of the pendency of the aforesaid applications, we allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the application/ applications of the petitioners, dated 21.9.2002 within a period of four months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. 6 5. Rule made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)