Wp 490 of 10 1 SSK/9 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 490 OF 2010 Dinkar Uttareshwar Rudrarke ....Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr. Ashutosh Kulkarni, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S. N. Bhosale, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2. Mr. Vineet Naik a/w. Mr. I. M. Khairdi, Advocate for Respondent No.3. CORAM : R. V. MORE, J. DATED : 15TH JULY, 2010. P.C.: Heard Mr.Kulkarni, learned Counsel for the Petitioner, Mr.Naik, learned Counsel for Respondent No.3 and Mr.Bhosale, learnd AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2. 2. Mr.Naik, learned Counsel for the Respondent No.3 on instructions of his client who is present before the Court agrees for setting aside the order dated 3rd March, 2007 passed by the Respondent No.2 as well as the order dated 31st August, 2009 passed by the Hon’ble Revenue Minister which is impugned in the present petition and to remand the matter back to Respondent No.2 to decide the Respondent No.3’s application Wp 490 of 10 2 dated 31st March, 2006 afresh. In view of concession given by Respondent No.3, I deem it fit to dispose of the petition by passing the following order: 1. The orders dated 3rd March, 2007 and 31st August, 2009 passed by the Respondent No.2 and the Hon’ble Revenue Minister are quashed and set-aside. 2. The Respondent No.2 shall dispose of the Respondent No.3’s aforesaid application dated 31st March, 2006, afresh, independently on its own merits and after affording an opportunity of hearing to both the sides. The Respondent No.2 shall decide the said application expeditiously. 3. Needless to mention that the Respondent No.3 is entitled for amendment of his application. The Petitioner also is entitled to file additional reply, if advised. 4. It is made clear that all contentions of both the parties are kept open, expressly. (R. V. MORE, J.)