IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.1994 OF 2007 Narhari Raghunath Dharwadkar and others .. Appellants Vs The Collector, Sangle District, Sangli and another ..Respondents Mr. S.G. Deshmukh the appellants. Mr. K.K. Tated, Assistant Government Pleader for the respondent No.1. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J., & J.P. DEVADHAR , J. DATE : 13TH FEBRUARY, 2008 P.C.: The present appeal is directed against the order of the Reference Court dated 13th March, 2007 wherein the claim petition filed by the appellants under section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act came to be dismissed on the ground of limitation. 2. From the record before us, it is clear that the Collector has issued notice to the claimants under section 12(2) of the Land Acquisition Act on 1st October, 1996 which was received by the claimants on 7th October, 1996 and they filed the petition under section 18 of the Act on 8th November, 1996 which obviously, is within six weeks period permissible under the statute. This provision of facts and law is not disputed before us. Consequently, the order of the reference court dated 13th March, 2007 is set aside. The matter is remanded back to the trial court for fixing the market value of the compensation payable to the claimants in accordance with law. No order as to costs. CHIEF JUSTICE J.P. DEVADHAR, J.