1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 2783/2009 WITH WRIT PETITION No. 2784/2009 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s orders Court’s or Judge’s Orders Mr Parvez Ubharye i/b S.S.Gade for the Petitioners. Mrs A.S.Pai, A.P.P.,for the State. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE & A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 19TH MARCH, 2010 P.C. :- 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioners, in both the writ petitions, are seeking direction to the Collector, Thane to decide their applications dated 9.10.2009 expeditiously. By the applications dated 9.10.2009 the 2 petitioners have applied for arm’s licences. Ms Pai, learned A.P.P., on instructions submits that the Collector, Thane will decide the petitioners’ applications dated 9.10.2009 within a period of ten weeks from today. Her statement is accepted. In view of her statement, learned counsel for the petitioners does not press these writ petitions. The writ petitions are disposed of as not pressed. 3. We make it clear that while passing this order we have not issued any direction to the Collector in respect of prayers in the applications filed by the petitioners for arm’s licences. The Collector shall, however, decide the applications made by the petitioners within eight weeks, as aforestated, on merits in accordance with law. (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (D.B.BHOSALE,J.)