1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3760 OF 2010 Arun S/o Gulabrao Tondon } Age : 50 Years, Occ. Business, } R/o : Priti Sudha Nagar, Mantha Road, } Jalna. } .... PETITIONER V E R S U S 1. The State of Maharashtra } Through its Secretary. } Department of Co-operation & } Marketing, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. } 2. The District Deputy Registrar } Jalna, Tq. & Dist. : Jalna. } 3. The Divisional Joint Registrar } Co-op. Societies, Aurangabad } 4. The Jalna Peoples Co-op.Bank Jalna } Through its Chief Officer. } .... RESPONDENTS Mr. P.D.Suryawanshi, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. S.K.Kadam, Assistant Govt. Pleader for State. Mr. Chaware, Advocate for respondent no. 4. CORAM : P.V.HARDAS & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE OF JUDGMENT : 03/05/2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT : ( PER – P.V.HARDAS, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for issuance of writ directing respondent no. 1 to decide Appeal No. 601 of 2004 filed by the petitioner. 3. Since the Appeal is of the year 2004, we had directed the learned Assistant Govt. Pleader to obtain necessary instructions and accordingly learned Assistant Govt. Pleader has tendered before us a copy of the communication received by him. The said communication is taken on record and marked ‘ X ’ for the purpose of identification. By virtue of the said communication, it is stated that the pending appeal shall be decided within period of four weeks from today. We accept the aforesaid statement and accordingly allow this petition and make Rule absolute by directing respondent no. 1 to decide the pending Appeal within four weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner with no order as to costs. [ S.V.GANGAPURWALA ] [ P.V.HARDAS ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/WP 3760.10 ( J ) 3