1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4829 OF 2009 Dr. Arshad Mohammad Chaus, Age: 40 years, Occ: Medical Practice, R/o. Gangapur,Tq. Gangapur Dist.Aurangabad. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine, Esplanade Mension, 144, M.G. Road, Mumbai. 2. The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Medical Education and Drugs Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. .. Respondents ... Mr. S.R. Barlinge, Advocate for petitioner. Mrs. A.G. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondents. ... CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR & S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 13TH JANUARY, 2010 PER COURT : Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the 2 parties, this petition is taken up for final hearing at admission stage. 2. The limited relief claimed in this petition is to direct the Maharashtra Medical Council of Indian Medicine, to decide the application submitted by the petitioner for registration on 18-08-2007. This Court initially issued notice before admission on 28-07-2009. That notice was duly served on the Council, but appearance was not made. Later on, this Court issued fresh notice to the Council on 08-09-2009, clearly indicating that the matter will be finally disposed of at admission stage. In spite of service of such notice, Council has not chosen to appear or file its reply. This attitude of the Council cannot be countenanced. 3. Be that as it may, we would proceed to finally dispose of this petition, having regard to the limited relief claimed by the petitioner, which in fact was the obligation of the Council 3 to decide the application for registration after its receipt from the petitioner. We direct the Council to decide the application dated 18-08-2007 finally as expeditiously as possible, and in any case, not later than SIX WEEKS from the communication of this order. It will be open to the petitioner to inform the Council about the present order by Advocate's notice. On receipt of such intimation, Council shall immediately process the application and finally dispose of the same within specified time and compliance report to be filed in the Registry. The petition is disposed of accordingly. 4. Rule made absolute in above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) ( A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.) sut/JAN10/wp4829.09