1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.8446 OF 2009 1. Babu Aabarao Suyawanshi, Age : 68 years, Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 2. Ramesh s/o Baburao Suryawanshi Age : 45 years, Occu. Service, R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 3. Nagesh s/o Balanna Teli, Age : 68 years, Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 4. Gopal s/o Gangaram Kale, Age : 45 years, Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 5. Raosaheb s/o Krishnaji Suryawanshi, Age : 65 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 6. Mahadesh s/o Babbanna Tonpe, Age : 60 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 7. Vishwanath Babbana Tonpe, Age : 60 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 8. Rajendra s/o Tulsiram Thakkur, Age : 40 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 2 9. Ramesh s/o Tulsiram Thakkur, Age : 62 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 10. Sindhubai w/o Madhukar Patil, Age : 48 yrs., Occu. Household, R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 11. Ramchandra s/o Baburao Patil, Age : 48 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 12. Satish s/o Baburao Patil, Age : 45 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 13. Ragvendra s/o Ramchandra Vaidya, Age : 62 yrs., Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 14. Ramacharya s/o Vardhacharya Vaidya, Age : 57 years, Occu. Job (Service), R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 15. Laxman s/o Narsoba Tonpe, Age : 55 years, Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad 16. Ram s/o Narsoba Tonpe, Age : 60 years, Occu.Agri., R/o Gunjoti, Tq. Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad ..PETITIONERS VERSUS 3 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through it's Secretary, Department of Irrigation, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32 2. The Collector, Osmanabad 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Krishna Khore Vikas Mahamandal, Osmanabad 4. The Executive Engineer, Chincholi-Palasgaon Percolation Tank, Omerga, Dist. Osmanabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr N. V. Gaware, Advocate for the petitioners; Mr S.K. Kadam, A.G.P. for respondents. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 22nd April, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER GANGAPURWALA, J ] Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties the petition is taken up for final hearing at the stage of admission. 2. The grievance of the petitioners is that they had made representations to respondent no.4 for payment of rental compensation. The said representations have not yet been decided. 4 3. The learned A.G.P. submits that the representation has to be made to the State and the acquiring body. The learned Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners would submit the representation to the State and the acquiring body within a period of two months from today. 4. The petitioners to submit the representation within two months to the State and the acquiring body and we direct that on receipt of the said representation that would be submitted by the petitioners, the respondents should decide the said representation within four months thereafter, in accordance with law, on its own merit and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. 5. Rule is made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp8446.09