1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3347 / 2010 (Amrut Pandharinath Awari and another vs. State of Maharashtra and another ) .................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : D.D.SINHA & A.P.BHANGALE, JJ DATED : 3rd February, 2011. Heard Mr.R.R Deshpande, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr Nitin Sambre, learned Government Pleader for respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has already submitted an application dated 17.8.2009 to Tahsildar, Samudrapur Tq. &Dist. Wardha for effecting the mutation entry in 7/12 extract of Survey no.55 (old): (new 99) of Mauze Dhamangaon Tq. Samudrapur Dist. Wardha. The petitioner seeks a direction to decide the same in accordance with law within a stipulated period. It is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned Government Pleader that the competent Authority to decide the application is not the Tahsildar but the Talathi of the concerned area. 2 In the circumstances, we dispose of the petition with a direction to the Tahsildar to forward the application of the petitioner dated 17.8.2009 to the concerned Talathi who is further directed to decide the application in accordance with and law and procedure applicable in this regard, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of such application. JUDGE JUDGE sahare