1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.308 OF 2007 The Sheti Utpanna Bajar Samitee .. Petitioner. V/s. The Commissioner of Income-tax-III & others .. Respondents. Mr.M.K. Kulkarni for the petitioner. Mr.Ashok Kotangale for the respondents. CORAM : DR.S. RADHAKRISHNAN & J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 12th MARCH, 2007. P.C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. 2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. The learned counsel for the respondents waive service. By consent taken up for final hearing. 3. By this petition the petitioner is seeking a limited relief of grant of registration under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act. It appears that in that behalf the petitioner has already made an appropriate application for registration on 18th November, 2003. The same is still pending with the respondent No.2 and the same has not been decided. 2 4. Under the aforesaid facts and circumstances, we direct the respondent No.2 to decide the said application on its own merits in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible within a period of four weeks from today. 5. Rule is made absolute in terms of this order. (DR.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.) (J.P. DEVADHAR, J.)