1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.2275 OF 2010. Kausalayabai W/o Dattappa Katkar, (dead) through L.Rs. Kashinath S/o Dattappa Katkar, Age 35 years, Occ. Agril., R/o Mangrul, Tq. Majalgaon, Dist.Beed. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra 2. The Collector, Beed, Dist. Beed. 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Jayakwadi Project, Beed, Dist. Beed. ... Respondents. ... Mr.D.R.Jayabhar, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs.A.V.Gondhalekar, Asstt. Govt.Pleader for the State. ... 2 CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,JJ. Date : 19.03.2010. ORAL JUDGMENT (Per P.V.Hardas,J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties the petition is heard finally. 2. The limited grievance of the petitioner in this petition is that the application submitted by the petitioner U/s 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, has not been decided by the Respondent authorities. In the light of the limited nature of the relief which is sought by the petitioner, we consider it appropriate to decide this petition finally at this stage. 3. We, therefore, allow this petition and direct the Respondents to decide the application submitted by the petitioner U/s 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act and if pending to decide the same in accordance with law within a period of three (3) months from today and communicate the 3 decision thereon to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) (P.V.HARDAS,J.) asp/office/wp227510