cp136.08 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 136 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 3569 OF 2006 Prabhu s/o Annasaheb Thombre and others ...Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra and others ...Respondents ..... Mr. S.S. Pawar, advocate for the petitioners Mr. D.R. Kale, A.G.P. for respondent No. ..... CORAM: S. S. SHINDE, J. DATED: 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 PER COURT:- 1 This contempt petition is filed alleging disobedience of the order passed by the Division Bench of this court in writ petition No. 3569 of 2006 on 2.7.2007. The relevant portion of the directions issued by the Division Bench are in para 3, which reads thus:- "3. We, therefore, dispose of the writ petition by directing the respondents to consider the claims of the petitioners for rental compensation, on their own merits, and in the light of Government Resolutions issued on the subject by the Government, from time to time, if not already decided. If the claims are already decided, the decision should be cp136.08 2 communicated to the petitioners." In pursuance to the notice issued to the respondents, respondent No.3 has filed affidavit in reply annexing therewith a communication made by respondent No.3 to the Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Beed. It is stated that the petitioners are entitled for rental compensation from the date of taking possession of their lands i.e. from August 1975 till the award came to be passed i.e. 6.6.1977. Accordingly, the concerned acquiring body is directed to pay rental compensation. 2 It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioners that till today, the petitioners have not received any amount towards rental compensation for the period from August, 1975 to 6.6.1977. The petitioners did not add acquiring body as party respondents in the writ petition as well as even in this contempt petition. The direction given by the Division Bench is only to consider the claim of the petitioners for rental compensation on their own merits and in the light of the Government Resolutions issued by the Government in that behalf from time to time. Therefore, there is nothing in the order of the Division Bench that if the petitioners are found to be entitled for certain amount of rental compensation, the same would be paid to the petitioners within a reasonable and stipulated period. In that view of the matter, in cp136.08 3 my opinion, the order of which the contempt is alleged, is complied with by the respondents. 3 In the light of the above circumstances, nothing remains for consideration in this contempt petition and the same stands disposed of accordingly. Notice stands discharged. 4 Needless to observe that if the petitioners have not received any amount towards rental compensation, in that eventuality, they can approach the appropriate authority by filing appropriate proceeding, as available in law, if so advised. ( S. S. SHINDE. J.) rlj/