- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.88 OF 2007 ... Hotel Bumper Restaurant and Permit Room ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.S.V.Sadavarte for the Petitioner. Mr.V.P.Malwankar, AGP for State. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & V.M.KANADE, JJ. DATED: 27TH NOVEMBER, 2007 P.C.: The grievance of the Petitioner is that he has filed a statutory appeal before the Respondent No.3 challenging the order suspending his licence. He has - 2 - also applied for stay of the operation of that order. But neither his appeal is being heard nor his stay application is being considered. Though the affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Respondents, there is nothing about the appeal and there is nothing said about the stay application. This court has already granted interim order on 9-1-2007, which is presently operating. In this background, in our opinion, following order would meet the ends of justice. O R D E R (i) The Respondent No.3 is directed to decide the appeal, which is pending before him, filed by the Petitioner within a period of four weeks from today. (ii) During the pendency of the Appeal, interim order passed by this Court on 9-1-2007 will continue to operate. (iii) Petition disposed of. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) - 3 - (V.M.KANADE, J.)