1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. WRIT PETITION NO.: 4559 0F 2009 *** Shamrao S/o Balwanta Hake Versus The State of Maharashtra and others *** 1. Heard learned counsel Mr. Kulkarni for the Petitioner and learned A.G.P. for the Respondent Nos.1 to 5. 2. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 3. Mrs. Kulkarni for the petitioner raised only one grievance. According to her, appeal filed by the present petitioner, before the learned Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad has been decided by the learned Additional Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad by the judgment and order dated 28th May, 2009. This appeal ROR/245/2008 has been dismissed by the learned Additional Divisional Commissioner and the judgment and order passed by the learned Additional Commissioner, Nanded is upheld. Status-quo earlier granted has been vacated. Grievance raised is that in the body of this order learned Additional Commissioner has directed the Revenue Authorities to speed up and decide the 2 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. proceeding of Virasat/ legal heirship of the appellant as expeditiously as possible and within a period of six months by giving sufficient opportunity of hearing to the appellants. Counsel Mrs. Kulkarni submits that this period of six months is expired. She is not aware as to whether proceeding has been decided or not. Reply affidavit has been filed on behalf of the State, supporting the order passed by the learned Additional Commissioner. Learned A.G.P. is also not aware as to whether proceeding has been decided by Revenue Authority pertaining to Virasat/ legal heirship. In this view of the matter, this writ petition stands dismissed confirming the order passed by the learned Additional Commissioner. However, the Revenue Authority conce4rned is directed that, if the proceeding of Virasat/ legal heirship, of the present petitioner, is not decided, as directed by the Additional Commissioner, the said proceeding shall be decided expeditiously and within a period of four weeks from today. It is made clear that if proceeding is already decided by the competent revenue authority, there is no question of passing further order by the authority concerned. 3 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders. and Registrar’s orders. 4. Writ petition stands dismissed and disposed of. Rule stands discharged. No order as to costs. 5. Authentic copy of this order is permitted to the requesting parties, as per usual procedure. [S.B.DESHMUKH, J.] Dated:12/01/2010. ans/4559