1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1916 OF 2010 Chandrakant s/o Ramkisan Salgude, Age 40 years, Occu.Agri., R/o Loni Ghat, Taluka & Dist.Beed .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra 2. The Collector, Beed, District Beed 3. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Urdhwa Manjara Project, Beed .. RESPONDENTS Shri M.P.Kale, Advocate holding for Shri S.K.Naikwade, Advocate for petitioner Shri S.K.Kadam, Assistant Government Pleader for respondents CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 15th March 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V.HARDAS, J.) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ to the respondents to decide the application of the petitioner filed by the petitioner under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, dated 8.2.2005 2 which is said to be pending. Shri Kadam, learned Assistant Government Pleader, who accepts notice on behalf of respondents 1 to 3 states that if the said application is pending the respondents would decide it in accordance with law. 3. Since the petitioner claims that the application has been submitted by him, in accordance with law and the same is pending, we allow this writ petition and direct the respondents to decide the application filed by the petitioner under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, dated 8.2.2005, if pending, in accordance within law, within six months from today, uninfluenced by the fact that we have allowed the petition and directed the respondents to decide the same. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. 5. Copy duly authenticated by the Court Sheristedar be provided to the learned Counsel for the parties to act upon. ( S.V.GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/1916.10wp) 3