1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7054 OF 2009 Nitin Madanlal Chordiya ..Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & ors ..Respondents Mr.R.N.Sanghavi, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr.C.R.Sonawane, Assistant Government Pleader, for the respondent Nos.1 & 2 Ms.G.S.Keluskar, Advocate, for respondent Nos.3 & 4 CORAM : S.B.MHASE & R.M.SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 18TH AUGUST, 2009 P.C. . Mr.R.N.Sanghavi, the learned counsel for the petitioner makes a statement that Regular Civil Suit No.84 of 2009 filed before the Civil Judge, Junior Division, Pimpri, is being withdrawn by the petitioner. Statement accepted. The petitioner shall withdraw the said suit within a period of one week. 2 2. The petitioner has challenged the Order dated 26th June, 2009, passed by the City Engineer, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Pune, i.e. the respondent No.3. The said Order was passed under Section 53 of the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966. As against this, an Appeal has been preferred by the petitioner to the State Government and is pending with the Minister for State, Urban Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai. The grievance of the petitioner is that neither the stay application filed by the petitioner is being decided nor the Appeal is taken up for hearing. Mr.C.R.Sonawane, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent Nos.1 & 2 states that the State Government will hear and decide the stay application. We direct respondent No.2  The Minister for State to decide the stay application filed by the petitioner, after giving a hearing to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from date. In case the application is 3 rejected, respondent No.2 shall pass Speaking Order mentioning that as to why stay is being rejected. The hearing of the Appeal and the stay application, being under the statute i.e. the MRTP Act, 1966. The Code of Conduct will not come in the way of the Hon'ble Minister whilst deciding the matter. 3. In the light of the above, the Writ Petition to stand disposed of. ( R.M.SAVANT, J.) ( S.B.MHASE, J. )