IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO. 5254 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 5254 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 5254 OF 2008 Shri Janardan Ganpat Patil. ... Petitioner. V/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ... Respondents. S.G.Surana for the petitioner. V.A.Sonpal, AGP for the respondents. CORAM: V.C.DAGA and CORAM: V.C.DAGA and CORAM: V.C.DAGA and MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED: 13th February 2009. DATED: 13th February 2009. DATED: 13th February 2009. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: ---- ---- ---- . The limited prayer of the petitioner is that the application made under section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act in the year 2003 has not been disposed disposed of till date as such necessary direction be issued in this behalf to the authorities concerned. 2. Considering the above, we direct respondent No.3 to dispose of the said application as early as possible, at any rate, not later than eight weeks from the petitioner serving on respondent No.3 a copy of this order. All rival contentions are kept open. 3. With the above observation, petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs. (MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.) (MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.) (MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.)