: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY SIDE JURISDICTION SIDE JURISDICTION SIDE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2449 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2449 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2449 OF 2006 Shri Ram Gangaram Salunkhe ..Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Shri Kadar Millwalla h/for Mr.G.R.Sharma, advs. for the Petitioner. Mrs.V.R.Bhosale, APP for the State. WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2450 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2450 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2450 OF 2006 Mr.Bhaskar Ramjanam Tiwari ..Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Shri Kadar Millwalla h/for Mr.G.R.Sharma, advs. for the Petitioner. Shri Y.S.Shinde, APP for the State. WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2451 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2451 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2451 OF 2006 Mr.Sayyed Masood Ali ..Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. Shri Kadar Millwalla h/for Mr.G.R.Sharma, advs. for the Petitioner. Smt.M.M.Deshmukh, APP for the State. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA, J. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA, J. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA, J. DATE : 29th March, 2007. DATE : 29th March, 2007. DATE : 29th March, 2007. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: COMMON ORDER COMMON ORDER COMMON ORDER 1. Heard Mr.Millwalla the learned counsel for the Petitioners and the learned APP for the State. 2. Against the order passed by the Deputy : 2 : Commissioner, the police suspended the license of the petitioners under Section 17 of the Arms Act, 1959. The petitioners had previously filed Writ Petition Nos.1347 of 2006, 1348 of 2006 and 1350 of 2006. Those petitions were disposed off with liberty to the petitioners to prefer appeals before the State Government as statutory appeal is provided under Section 18 of the Act. The petitioners have again filed these petitions challenging the same order. Mr.Shinde, the learned APP informs that the petitioners have preferred appeals and those appeals are pending before the State Government since July, 2006. In view of the pendency of the appeals, these petitions should not be entertained. The learned counsel for the petitioners has a grievance that the appeals are not being disposed for a long time. Mr.Shinde makes a statement that within a period of two months, appeals will be disposed off by the State Government. The State Government is directed to dispose off the appeals preferred by the petitioners within a period of two months from this date. 3. With this direction, petitions stand disposed off accordingly. (J.H.Bhatia,J.) (J.H.Bhatia,J.) (J.H.Bhatia,J.)