: 1 : wp-1835-11=.sxw USJ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1835 OF 2011 Parmanand Hadibandhu Behra .. Petitioner v/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents ......... Ms. Kranti S.S. Anand for the petitioner Mr. H.J. Dedhia, APP for respondent State ......... CORAM : R.Y.GANOO, J. DATE : 13th JULY, 2011 P.C. : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent, taken up for hearing. 2. The petitioner has challenged validity of the notice dated 19th June, 2011 issued under Section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code. It is admitted by the petitioner that reply dated 20th June, 2011 is filed by the petitioner through his advocate. The petitioner claims that till today nothing is heard in so far as the said reply is concerned. 3. Since the petitioner has chosen to challenge the show-cause notice, it will be proper for this Court to go into the merits of the matter. : 2 : wp-1835-11=.sxw Instead, it would be proper to direct the concerned Authority to consider the reply to the show-cause notice and pass appropriate order after hearing the petitioner and no coercive action shall be taken by the concerned Authority for a period of 15 days. In view of the above, petition can be disposed of by passing following order. ORDER (i) The Sr.Inspector of Police, N.M.Joshi Marg Police Station, Mumbai, shall consider the reply filed by the petitioner dated 20th June, 2011. He shall give personal hearing to the petitioner and pass appropriate orders on merits. (ii) From today, till service of the order, which will be passed by the Sr. Inspector of Police, N.M.Joshi Marg Police Station, Mumbai upon the petitioner and for a period of 15 days from the date of service of the order upon the petitioner, no coercive action shall be taken. (iii) Petitioner shall serve copy of this order upon Senior Inspector of Police, N.M. Joshi Marg, Mumbai within 7 days from today. (R.Y.GANOO, J.)