1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5010 OF 2005 Shivdas Ramchandra Uttakar ..Petitioner. Vs. Collector, Satara, Collector Office and another ..Respondents. .... Mr.U.B.Nighot for the Petitioner. Mrs.S.S.Bhende, AGP for the State. .... CORAM : CORAM : CORAM : F.I.REBELLO & F.I.REBELLO & F.I.REBELLO & DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, JJ. JJ. JJ. 11th October, 2005. P.C. : 1. Rule. Heard forthwith. 2. The grievance of the Petitioner is that though he had made an application for grant of a licence/permission to operate as a cable operator, his application till date has not been considered 2 or decided. On notice being served, a reply was filed on behalf of the Respondents and additional affidavit thereafter has been filed on 26th September, 2005. In that affidavit, Respondent No.1 has prayed that paragraph 8 of the affidavit-in-reply be deleted. We accordingly do so. 3. In the additional affidavit it is further set out that Respondent No.1 will consider the application made by the Petitioner dated 23rd April, 2004 and the same will be decided expeditiously and in accordance with law. Considering that statement, we direct Respondent No.1 to dispose of the Petitioner’s application within four weeks from today. Rule made absolute accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs. (F.I.REBELLO, J.) (DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J.)