(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 485 OF 2010 Smt. Haribai w/o. Mahadeo Thaware, Age : 44 years, Occupation : Agriculture, R/o. Anandgaon, Taluka : Majalgaon, District : Beed. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The Union of India, Through its Secretary, Financial Services Dept. (Krishi Karja Maphi Yojana-2008), Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. 2. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, Department of Cooperative, Marketing (Panan) and Textile Industry, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400 032. 3. The Zonal (Nodal) Officer, State Bank of Hyderabad, Zonal Office, 1-Town Centre, CIDCO, Aurangabad - 431 003. 4. The District Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Beed, District : Beed. (2) 5. The Beed District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Beed, through its Managing Director. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. V.L. Dhoble, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Alok Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General, for respondent no.1. Mr. V.H. Dighe, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.2 and 4. Mr. Ruturaj Patil, Advocate, for respondent no.3. Respondent no.5 served (Absent). ........................ CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & R.M. BORDE, JJ. DATE : 3RD DECEMBER 2010 COURT'S ORDER (Per B.R. Gavai, J.) : 1. The limited grievance of the petitioner is that though she is entitled to the benefit of the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008, framed by the Central Government, as holding of the petitioner is less than 2 hectares, the benefit of (3) the said scheme is denied to her by the respondent no.3. 2. We, prima facie, find that the finding, arrived at, by the respondent no.3, that the holding of the petitioner is above 2 hectares, is not based on the material on record. 3. In that view of the matter, we direct the respondent no.3, to re-consider the matter, as per the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, and decide the same on its own merits, within a period of three months from today. 4. With the above directions, the petition is disposed of. ( R.M. BORDE ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp485