1 crwp2305-10 agk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2305 OF 2010 Smt.Chandbibi Zaidi ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Others ..Respondents. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.334 OF 2010 AND CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.316 OF 2010 Smt.Chandbibi Zaidi ..Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Others ..Respondents. And Kiran Rasiklal Mehta ..Applicant Mr.M.V. Khalavkar for the petitioner. Ms.Manish Mehta for the intervenor Dr.F.R. Shaikh, APP for the State. CORAM : A.M. Khanwilkar, & U.D. Salvi, JJ. DATE : 8th September 2010. P.C. : 1. By this petition, in essence the petitioner prays for direction against respondent Nos.1 to 4 to decide the application regarding renewal of 2 crwp2305-10 licence and return of weapon, which was surrendered by the petitioner on 19th March 2009. The fact that such application for renewal of licence is made is not in dispute. In our opinion, the appropriate authority should decide said renewal of licence application expeditiously. 2. Learned APP on instructions states that the said application will be processed and appropriate decision will be taken in accordance with law within four weeks from today. In view of this statement, nothing further survives for consideration in this writ petition. The statement made by the learned APP on behalf of the appropriate authority is accepted. 3. Insofar as intervention applications are concerned, it will be open to the applicants to agitate their grievance before the concerned authority, who may consider the same on its own merits in accordance with law. 4. The writ petition and criminal applications are disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (U.D. Salvi, J.) (A.M. Khanwilkar, J.)