1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3275 OF 2010 1. Madhav s/o Prabhu Lokare, Age : 25 years, Occu.Agril., 2. Shivram s/o Pralhad Dhole, Age : 35 years, Occu.Agril., 3. Murlidhar s/o Namdeo Lokare, Age : 65 years, Occu.Agril., 4. Hanmant s/o Keshav Lokare, Died, through his L.Rs. 4/1 Ashok s/o Hanmant Lokare, Age : 40 years, Occu.Agril. All R/o Bheta,Tq. Ausa, Dist. Latur ..PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra 2. The Collector, Latur, Dist. Latur 3. The Special Land Acquisition Officer (M.I.W.) at Latur ..RESPONDENTS Mr M.S. Patil Alamalekar, Advocate for the petitioners; Mr K.J. Ghute Patil, A.G.P. for respondents. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 20th April, 2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER GANGAPURWALA, J ] Rule. Rule 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. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioners seek directions against the respondents no.2 & 3 to decide the application filed by the petitioners under section 28- A of the Land Acquisition Act. 3. In view of the fact that the application filed by the petitioners under section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act is pending consideration with the respondents, we direct the respondents to decide the said application, if pending, in accordance with law and on its own merits, within a period of three months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. 4. Rule is made absolute in above terms with no order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp3275.10