1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION W.P. NO. 5883 OF 2009 Shri.Shankar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Sadashivnagar and Ors. ..Petitioners Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. ..Respondents .... Mr. S.S.Shah Adv. for Petitioners Mr. V.P.Malvankar AGP for State. Mr. S.P.Kadam Adv. for Respondent No.3 .... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI AND SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,JJ. DATE : JULY 9, 2009 P.C.: 1. Petitioner is a respondent in an appeal which was pending before the Minister. It is submitted that concerned Minister is also Chairman of the respondent no.3 which is in litigation with the writ petitioner. Therefore, he apprehends that there might be some bias. 2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the respondent no.3 that the Minister has already transferred the case to the Minister of State and Minister of State has further transferred the matter to the Secretary to the Government. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the Secretary is also working with the concerned Minister, there may be element of bias. We do not agree to such statement. The Secretary is expected to decide the matter independently. Even 2 any other Secretary can also be subject to the influence by a Minister if we accept the statement that Secretaries are subject to influence. For these reasons, we do not find any merits. Petition is dismissed. [ BILAL NAZKI,J. ] [ SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.]