:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO.822 OF 1998 PETITION NO.822 OF 1998 PETITION NO.822 OF 1998 Viniyog Parivar Trust ..Petitioner V/s The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. K.K. Tated a/w Ms. Matesha Jain and Trupti Bora for the petitioenrs Mr. Ravi Kadam, Advocate General a/w Geeta Shastri, AGP for respodnent Nos. 1 and 2. Mr.Y.H. Muchhala, Sr. Advocate, Ms H.I. Advani, Mr. Sagheer A. Khan, Mr. Janed Patel, Mr. Farooq A, Choudhari i/b Mr. Sagheer A. Khan for the respondent Nos. 3 to 5. CORAM CORAM CORAM : : : SRI R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR AND SRI R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR AND SRI R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR AND SRI SRI SRI A.A. SAYED, JJ. A.A. SAYED, JJ. A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 10TH JULY, 2008 : 10TH JULY, 2008 : 10TH JULY, 2008 P.C. 1. Learned Advocate General states that the Government has already constituted High Power Committee to look into the various issues in connection with the Amended Rules of the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976 is concerned, which includes the point sought to be raised by the petitioner. At the request of the learned Advocate for the petitioner, as well as respondent Nos. 3 to 5, he has also fairly stated that in case appropriate :2: representations are made before the High Power Committee by the petitioner and the said respondents, they would be obviously heard in the matter before submission of the report to the Government. 2. While accepting the request made on behalf of the petitioner and the said respondents, as well as the above submission made by the learned Advocate General, liberty to the petitioner to withdraw the petition reserving their rights to approach this Court in case of need arising in the matter. While granting the liberty to make appropriate representation before the High Power Committee constituted by the Government it is observed that it would be necessary for the Committee to hear the petitioner and the said respondents before the report is submitted by the Committee to the Government. Needless to say that an appropriate time be granted to the petitioner and respondents to make the report before the Committee by issuing notices in advance for hearing the matter. Taking into consideration that the matter is pending for a long time, we hope that the Committee will take appropriate steps to expedite the proceedings and to submit the report to :3: the Government. 3. With the above observations the petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty as stated above. 4. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on any of the points sought to be raised. Rule stands discharged with no order as to costs. (R.M.S. (R.M.S. (R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR, J.) KHANDEPARKAR, J.) KHANDEPARKAR, J.) ( A.A. SAYED, J.) A.A. SAYED, J.) A.A. SAYED, J.)