-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO. 2060 OF 2005 M/s. New Industrial Security Agencies Pvt. Ltd. ..Petitioner Versus The Security Guard Board for Brihanmumbai & Thane Districts and Anr. ...Respondents. Smt. N.R. Patankar, instructed by Mr. V.P. Sawant, for the petitioner. Mrs. L.S. Desai for respondent No.1. Mr. P.M. Mokashi, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent No.2. CORAM: DALVEER BHANDARI, C.J. & S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2005. P.C. The petitioner has prayed in this petition that the show cause notice issued on 18th July, 2005, by respondent No.1 be stayed. 2. It is also incorporated in the petition that the petitioner has filed an application with the second respondent, State of Maharashtra, through the Principal Secretary of Industry, Energy & Labour Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai, for the grant of exemption from the provisions of the Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Scheme, 2002, as contemplated under Section 23 of the -2- Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1981. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the application is still pending since October, 2004. 3. In the facts and circumstances of this case, we direct respondent No.2 to dispose of petitioner's application with a reasoned order as expeditiously as possible, and, in any event, within six weeks from the date of the receipt of this order. 4. No further directions are necessary and this petition is accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.