1 SSK/13 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO 2614 OF 2009 Ashoka Infrastructure Ltd. ....Petitioner Versus The Hon’ble Principal District Judge & Sessions Judge, Pune & Anr. ...Respondents Mr. Pratap Patil, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. R. S. Datar, Advocate for Respondent No.1 Mrs. M. M. Deshmukh, APP for State. CORAM : D. B. BHOSALE & R. V. MORE, JJ. DATED : 21st APRIL, 2010. P.C.: Heard learned Counsel for the parties. 2. In this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to Respondent No.1 to allot more Courts of Judicial Magistrate First Class at Pune and Ghodnadi (Shirur), for filing new cases and for trial of the criminal cases filed by the petitioner in respect of the evasion of toll. 2 3. It appears that the petitioner has made applications to the learned Principal District Judge and Session Judge on 16th March, 2009 and 3rd July, 2009, making similar prayers as made in the writ petition. In view thereof, we are satisfied that this petition can be conveniently disposed of by issuing direction to the learned Principal District Judge to pass appropriate orders on the petitioner’s applications as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Order accordingly. The petitioner to produce a copy of this order before the Principal District Judge within a period of two weeks from today. With these observations, the petition is disposed of. 4. It is made clear that while passing this order, we shall not be understood to have issued any direction to the District Judge and he shall decide the applications on merits in accordance with law. (R. V. MORE, J.) (D. B. BHOSALE, J.)