1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6291 of 2010 1] Vijay S/o. Pandharinath Aradwad, Age 28 years, Occ. Nil R/o. Wanjarwada, Tq. Jalkot Dist. Latur. 2] Sanjay S/o. Pandharinath Aradwad Age 35 years, Occ. Agril R/o. Wanjarwada, Tq. Jalkot District Latur. Petitioner Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary Revenue & forest Department Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 2] The Collector, Latur Collectorate office, Latur. 3] The District Rehabilitation Officer Collector Office, Latur. Respondents Mr. P.G. Mahalankar, Advocate for petitioners Mr. N.B. Khandare, Govt. Pleader for respondent Nos. 1 to 3. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & A.A. SAYED, JJ.. DATE : 18TH OCTOBER, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER B.R. GAVAI,J.] : 2 1] Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. 2] By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the communication dated 7th June, 2010 vide which the application filed by the petitioner for grant of Certificate of project affected person is rejected. 3] Undisputedly, land of the petitioner admeasuring 15R has been acquired for a public project. The only ground on which the application is rejected is that, the land is less than 0.20 R and as such, in view of the Govt. Resolution dated 3rd May, 2010, the petitioner is not entitled for the Certificate of Project Affected Person. 4] As already noted hereinabove, the land of the petitioner is acquired in the year 2000. The policy which requires that for entitling a person to get the Project Affected Person certificate 0.20 R land should be acquired has come into effect only on 3rd May, 2010. The said policy was not in vogue when the petitioner's land is acquired. The petitioner would be governed by the policy which was in existence at the time when his land was acquired. 5] In that view of the matter, we are inclined to allow the petition. The impugned communication dated 7th June, 2010 is quashed and set aside. The respondent Nos. 2 and 3 are directed to issue the certificate of Project Affected Person to the petitioner within 8 weeks from today. Rule made absolute in above terms with no orders as to costs. [A.A. SAYED,J] [B.R. GAVAI,J.] grt/wp