IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.1085 OF 2009 Veekay Distilleries Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. ...Petitioners Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents ........ Mr.Vyankatesh Dhond i/b Prakash Panjabi & Co. for Petitioners. Mr.M.D.Naik, A.G.P. for Respondents 1 & 2. Ms.Neha Bhide for Respondent No.3. ...... CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR, J. 9th JUNE, 2009. P.C. : 1. Not on Board. Upon mentioning, taken on Board. 2. This Petition essentially seeks direction against the Appellate Authority to consider the pending appeal and in the alternative, to grant interim protection to the Petitioners till the disposal of the said Appeal. The Vacation Judge of this Court on 1st June 2009, granted interim relief in favour of the Petitioners which was to continue till 10th June 2009. The matter has been produced today on the assertion that the Appellate Authority (concerned Minister) has still not decided the Appeal, for which reason, the interim protection be continued for some time or at least till the Writ Petition is heard for admission. 3. Counsel appearing for the State of Maharashtra, on instructions of the concerned Officer, who is present in Court, informs that the Appellate Authority has already pronounced the order and copy of the same has been made available for despatch to the concerned parties. Besides, the representative of the Petitioners was present in the Office of the Appellate Authority who had assured to collect copy of the order in due course, however, has failed to do so. Without going into this controversy and by way of abundant precaution, the Counsel for the State of Maharashtra has made over simple copy of the said order to the Counsel for the Petitioners. Counsel for the Petitioners, in all fairness, accepts that this can be treated as due service of the said order. In other words, the Appeal filed by the Petitioners which was pending before the Appellate Authority has been finally terminated against the Petitioners. If the Petitioners have any grievance against the said decision, are free to challenge the same by way of appropriate proceedings, which will have to be decided on its own merits in accordance with law. To enable the Petitioners to take recourse to such remedy, interim arrangement granted by this Court shall enure in favour of the Petitioners for a period of one week from today. 4. In view of the above, nothing survives in the above Petition, the same is disposed of on the above terms. (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)