1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL WRIT JURISDICTION CRI. WRIT PETITION (PIL) NO. 1 OF 2006 Sushan Kunjuraman & Anr. ...Petitioners V/s. Chief Secretary, State of Maharashtra, & Anr. ... Respondents The petitioners – party-in-person - present Ms. Usha Kejriwal, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the Respondents. CORAM: KSHITIJ R. VYAS, C.J., & DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD,J. DATE: MARCH 29, 2006. P.C.:- 1. Two learned advocates of this Court have filed this public interest litigation on behalf of the Legal Aid Advocates and Legal Aid service providers. They have prayed to fix the legal aid fee as (1) Rs.300/- per date of hearing with a maximum limit of Rs.6000/- per case or (2) Rs.200/- per date of hearing with no maximum limit. 2. We have heard the petitioners, appearing in person, and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the 2 respondents. We have also gone through the affidavit filed by Mr.Gopal Shivaram Tungar, Under Secretary, Law and Judiciary Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. Paragraph 3 of this affidavit is reproduced below:- “I say that petitioner has filed the aforesaid Public Interest Litigation before the Hon'ble High Court and has requested to the Hon'ble High Court to revise and fix the fees of the Legal Aid Advocates. In this respect I say that the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority have already taken a decision under Section 29A of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, to double the fees from the rate of fees given in above referred Government Resolution dated 1.10.1997 with no maximum limit. Copy of the letter dated 21st November, 2005 and the minutes hereto annexed and marked as Exhibit No. 1.” 3. As quoted above, the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority has already taken a decision to double the fees from the rate of fees given in Government Resolution dated 1st October, 1997 with no maximum limit. The only direction that 3 can be given in this order is to direct the respondents to act in accordance with the letter dated 21st November, 2006. We accordingly dispose of this petition. CHIEF JUSTICE DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD,J.