1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, APPELLATE SIDE NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No. 3828 of 2007 Vikas Laxmanrao Khobragade & Ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders Shri A.S. Manohar Adv. for petitioner. Shri V. M. Deshpande Adv. for respondent No.4. CORAM: J. H. BHATIA J. Dated: 19 th January, 2009. Heard counsel for the parties. Laxmanrao Ramchandra Kumarle respondent No.4 was holding CL-III licence for running business of country liquor in Sadar area of Nagpur. He made a request to the Collector seeking permission for shifting of the same to Rajiv Nagar Kalamna. Collector had rejected the 2 application but the appeal filed by the respondent No.4 was allowed by the Commissioner. After that order respondent No.4 had open his shop in Rajiv Nagar Kalamna but there was strong resistance from the people of that locality against opening of liquor shop. Present petitioner had also challenged the order. The petitioner filed this petition challenging the order of the Commissioner granting permission to the respondent No.4. Learned counsel for the respondent No.4 makes a statement that in view of the resistance from the people of the locality respondent No.4 is no more interested in carrying on business in Rajiv Nagar Kalamna and he has already submitted an application to the Collector to that effect and he is seeking permission to shift the shop to some other place. According to him he has also closed the shop at Rajiv Nagar Kalamna. According to him in these circumstances this petition has become infructuous and may be disposed of accordingly. Learned counsel for the petitioner has no objection to dispose of the petition in view of the statement made by the learned counsel for the respondent No.4. 3 In view of the aforesaid circumstances this petition stands disposed of as infructuous. Collector Nagpur respondent No.2 shall decide the application dated 06.12.2008 filed by the respondent No.4 as early as possible. Civil Application No. 79/09 also stands disposed of. JUDGE svk