IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5261 OF 2010 Yuvraj Dattatraya Patil & Ors. ..Petitioners versus Regional Joint Director (Sugar) Kolhapur Region, Kolhapur & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. S. S. Patwardhan for Petitioners. Mrs. M. P. Thakur – AGP for Respondent No. 3. CORAM : D. D. SINHA AND MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED : JULY 09, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for respondent no. 3. 2. Petitioners have submitted application dated 25th January 2010 to respondent no. 1 for taking appropriate action in accordance with law under Section 78 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. It is contended that respondent no. 1 till this date has not taken any decision on this application and therefore prayed that direction be given to respondent no. 1 to decide the said application within a stipulated time. 3. In the back-drop of the above referred facts, we dispose of the writ petition with direction to the respondent no. 1 to decide application / complaint dated 25th January 2010 submitted by the petitioner, if not decided earlier, in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard, within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of this Order. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR,J.)