1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.3823 OF 2010 (Jawahar Saw Mills (P) Ltd. and others vs. The State of Maharashtra and another) __________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND A.P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATED : FEBRUARY 15, 2011 Heard Shri Dastane, learned Counsel for the petitioners, Shri Sambre, learned Government Pleader for the respondent no.1, and Shri Bahirwar, learned Counsel holding for Shri Badar, learned Counsel for the respondent no.2. In the present petition, petitioners are seeking direction to respondent Chief Conservator of Forests, Nagpur Region to take a decision on the applications made by the petitioner nos. 1 to 9 for permission to shift their Saw Mills from one place to another. Shri Dastane, learned Counsel for the petitioners, states that the respondent Forest Department has filed reply dated 27/1/2011 wherein 2 it is specifically stated that decision on the applications of the petitioners shall be taken in accordance with law as early as possible. In view of the statement made in the affidavit filed by the respondent Forest Department, Shri Dastane, learned Counsel for the petitioners, seeks permission to withdraw the petition and prays that the competent Authority may be asked to decide the applications of the petitioners within a stipulated period since same are pending since 2008. In the circumstances, the petition is disposed of as withdrawn. We expect the competent Authority to decide the applications of the petitioners, if they are otherwise eligible and qualified and their applications are tenable in law, in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard as early as possible and in any case, not beyond the period of three months from the date of communication of this order. JUDGE JUDGE khj 3