1 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6146 OF 2009 Prajasattak Samajik Seva Sanstha : Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra and ors. : Respondents. Mr.Samgramsingh S Yadav i/by Mr. Rahul Walvekar for the Petitioner. Mr. V S Gokhale, AGP for the Respondents/State. CORAM : P B MAJMUDAR & R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 06th July 2010 P.C. 1 Rule, made returnable forthwith by the consent of the parties and heard. 2 By way of this Writ Petition, the petitioner Prajasattak Samajik Seva Sanstha seeks direction that the Commissioner of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation should not be allowed to use the amber light (lamp) on his car. According to the Petitioner, as per the RTO Rules, the Commissioner is not entitled to use the same. An affidavit to that effect has been filed by one Hemant Gajanan Patil – Assistant Regional Transport Officer, Kolhapur Region, Kolhapur wherein it has been stated that the Commissioner, Kolhapur Municipal Corporation is not entitled to have either red or amber lamp on his car and that his office has requested him to remove the same. 3 In view of the aforesaid affidavit, nothing is now required to be done because it is for the Regional Transport Officer to take appropriate action in this behalf. The Regional Transport Officer may take appropriate action against a person who is not entitled to use either red or amber lamp. 2 4 Subject to what is stated above, the above Petition is disposed of by making the Rule absolute accordingly. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [P.B.MAJMUDAR, J]