IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 453 OF 2010 PUNDALIK ANANT KENI AND ANR., ... Petitioners Versus THE STATE OF GOA THROUGH ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND 5 ORS., ... Respondents Mr. Sahish Mahambrey, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. V. Rodrigues, Additional Government Advocate for Respondents. Coram:- A. S. OKA & F. M. REIS, JJ. Date:- 7th July, 2010 P.C: We have heard the learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner and the learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. 2. The Petitioners are co-owners of the property more particularly described in paragraph 1 of the petition. On the basis of letter dated 13th November, 2001 of the then Chief Minister, the Petitioners granted no objection certificate for acquiring their property for construction of a road. It is stated that by the end year 2007 the construction of the road was completed. In June 2007,the Petitioner received an offer from a prospective buyer for purchasing the property. 3. Notification under section 4 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act,1894 was issued by the State Government on 23rd July, 2008. The declaration under section 6 of the said Act of 1894 was not issued within the statutory period. Therefore, the notification under section 4 of the said Act of 1894 lapsed. The petitioner made a representation dated 29th May,2009, to the Chief Minister of the State requesting that instructions may be issued to expedite process of acquisition. After giving an advocate's legal notice asking the respondents to take necessary action, the present petition has been filed. 4. The learned Government Advocate on instructions states that the State Government has decided to acquire the property in question. He states that a notification under section 4(1) of the said Act will be issued within a period of one month from today. We accept the statement made by the learned Additional Government Advocate on instructions. 5. At this stage, the aforesaid statement made on behalf of the State Government is sufficient to take care of the grievance of the petitioners. The petitioners' property has been already put to use by the State Government. Therefore, we expect that the process of acquisition shall be concluded by the State as expeditiously as possible, to avoid any further prejudice to the Petitioners. 6. Subject to what is observed above, the petition is disposed of. 7. Parties to act upon an authenticated copy of this order. A. S. OKA, J. F. M. REIS, J. ap/-