1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CONT. PETITION NO.485 OF 2010 ,In WP/266/1990 PRALHAD GANPAT HIWALE DECEASED TH LRS SAHEBRAO PRALHAD HIWALE VERSUS VILAS THAKUR SAHEB AND ANR ... Advocate for Petitioners : Mr.Salunke V.D. AGP for Respondents: Mr.VH Dighe. ***** CORAM : K.U.CHANDIWAL, J. DATE : 24th NOVEMBER, 2011. PER COURT : 1) Heard. Learned Counsel submits, in Writ petition No.266/1990 by order dated 19.4.1993, the Division bench of this court directed the State Authorities to pass an Award as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 1 ½ years from the date of judgment and the outer limit of further six months was also extended. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits, this order is not adhered to in its letter and spirit, hence contempt. 2) Learned AGP has placed on record affidavit of Ravindra Vasantrao Gurav, Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition (Krishnakhore) Jalna, wherein he has explained the situations and 2 invited attention of this Court to the judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of State of Maharashtra Vs. Digambar - AIR 1995 SC 1991(1). The Hon’ble Supreme Court has quashed and set aside the orders, which were subject of the said proceedings and also set aside all the orders arising out of the basic judgment in writ petition No.1397/1993, (as a main writ petition and the Supreme Court has observed, it will be treated as common judgment for rest of the petitions. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has even observed as under - “In the result, we allow this appeal, set aside the judgment under appeal, dismiss the writ petition of the writ petitioner (respondent here) and also annual all those judgments rendered by the High Court following the judgment under appeal, even though the SLPs filed in respect of them before this Court are yet to be registered or even if no SLP are filed in respect of them. However, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, we make no order as to costs.” 2) The order complained of in the Writ petition No.266/1990 has the basic theme flowing from the orders in writ petition No.1397/1993. 3 Consequently, the order in Writ Petition No. 266/1990 being set aside by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, no question of any contempt by the State authorities. The contempt petition dismissed. (K.U.CHANDIWAL) JUDGE bdv/