3011wp3180.11.odt 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.3180 of 2011 (Sureshprasad Sitaramji Verma .vs. Food Corporation of India and Ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders Coram: D. D. Sinha and A. P. Bhangale, JJ. Date : 30/11/2011. Heard Mr.V.P.Marpakwar, Adv. For the petitioner and Mr.H.R.Gadhia, Adv. For respondents. This petition is directed against the order dt.15.6.2010 passed by the Food Corporation of India/respondent no.4. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has already preferred appeal against the impugned order dt.15.6.2010 before the Chairman of Food Corporation of India (Appellate Authority) which is pending for decision. The learned Counsel prays that direction be given to the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal of the petitioner within a stipulated period. Counsel for the respondents states 3011wp3180.11.odt 2 that if the appeal of the petitioner is pending before the Appellate Authority, same shall be decided as per the direction of this Court. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, it appears that the appeal filed by the petitioner against the impugned communication/order dt.15.6.2010 passed by respondent no.4 is pending for decision. It is in these circumstances, we dispose of the petition with a direction to the Chairman of Food Corporation of India to decide the appeal of the petitioner, if not decided earlier, according to law and procedure applicable in this regard, within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of this order. JUDGE JUDGE jais