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DATE : 5 JULY 2022 P.C. . Writ Petition No.4101/2017 was initially filed in this Court at the instance of Grampanchayat Vairag, Barshi, Solapur. The Village Development Officer and the said Grampanchayat was party Respondent in other writ petitions namely Writ Petition No.4562/2017 and Writ Petition No.1148/2019. Though the Petitioners are raising different grounds, an order passed by learned Lokayukta is the common subject matter in all these petitions.

2. It seems that post filing the petition by the Grampanchayat subsequently, the status of Grampanchayat was converted into Nagarpanchayat and accordingly the amendments were carried out in the respective petitions. In Writ Petition No.4101/2017, State Authorities namely the Tahasildar Barshi and Collector Solapur are party Respondent Nos.1 and 2. In Writ Petition No.4562/2017, Tahasildar Barshi is Respondent No.5 wherein Collector Solapur is Respondent No.7. In Writ Petition No.4562/2017 one of the officer of the State, Superintendent of Land Record, Solapur is party Respondent No.6. In Writ Petition No.1148/2019, Collector Solapur is Respondent No.2 and Tahasildar Barshi is Respondent No.5.

5. Thus, at the request of learned counsels, three weeks' time is granted to take appropriate steps namely for filing power / vakilpatra, for exchanging the affidavit-in-replies and for filing affidavit-in-reply on behalf of State Authorities, if these Authorities are desirous of filing their respective responses.

6. It seems that an affidavit-in-reply is filed on behalf of Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 4 through Mr. R. K. Shelake, Tahasildar Barshi on 10 June 2017 but in other petitions no reply is filed by the State, as such State may file reply in other petitions if desirous before next date.