( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5696 OF 2010 Shri Ramesh Reddy Muttemreddy Muttalwad PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Hon, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.V. Kurundkar, Additional Govt. Pleader for the respondents No. 1 to 3. Mr. K.C. Sant, advocate for the respondents No. 4 and 5. Mr. R.R. Sancheti, advocate holding for Mr. R.R. Mantri, advocate for the respondent No. 6. .... [CORAM : V.R. KINGAONKAR, J.] [DATE : 10th August, 2010] PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel. 2. By consent of learned counsel for the parties, the petition is being disposed of on following terms. (i) The licence which stands in the name of the petitioner shall be continued on adhoc basis, without determination of the issue regarding his eligibility to run the business under the licence, and only by way of stopgap ( 2 ) arrangement. (ii) The petitioner will be entitled to run the business under the licence in question only on condition that he will deposit an amount of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) per month in this Court, towards tentative shares of the respondents No. 4 to 6, for the period during which the enquiry will be conducted before the learned Collector, Nanded in respect of the controversy about the transfer of the CL-III licence. If the petitioner will not deposit the said amount within the first five (5) days of each English calender month, the respondents No. 4 to 6 will be at liberty to bring such default to the notice of the learned Collector and on such default, the order of suspension of the licence of the petitioner will be deemed as revived and he will not be entitled to continue the business on the strength of such licence. (iii) The disbursement of the amount so deposited in this Court will be at the end of the enquiry and by passing a separate order on basis of the findings of the Collector/Commissioner, as the case may be. (iv) The enquiry proceedings shall be expeditiously completed and as far as possible within period of six (6) months and in any case, within period of twelve (12) months ( 3 ) hereafter. (v) The parties shall cooperate with the competent authority i.e. Collector/Additional Collector during the enquiry and shall appear before the said authority on 23rd August, 2010 for such purpose. 3. The petition is accordingly disposed of. 4. The learned Additional Govt. Pleader may inform the Collector, Nanded accordingly. 5. The parties may act on copy of this order, duly authenticated by the Court Shirestedar. [V.R. KINGAONKAR] JUDGE NPJ/wp5696-10