1 Criminal W.P.No. 893 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 893 OF 2010 1. Raghunath s/o Tukaram Kardak, Age : 75 years, Occu.Agril. R/o Akoli Wadgaon, Tq. Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad 2. Sonabai w/o Raghunath Kardak, Age : 68 years, Occu.Agril., R/o as above ..PETITIONERS VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Investigation Officer, Sillegaon Police Station, Tq. Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad 2. The Superintendent of Police (Rural) office of Superintendent of Police, Aurangabad 3. The Special Inspector General of Police, office of Special Inspector General of Police, Aurangabad 4. The Commissioner of Police, office of Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad 2 Criminal W.P.No. 893 of 2010 5. The Block Development Officer (class-I), Panchayat Samiti office, Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad 6. Shri D.R. Mehatre, Age : 40 years, Occu. Service, R/o office of Village Panchayat Akoli Wadgaon, Tq. Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad 7. Janabai w/o Shripati Wane, Age : 65 years, Occu.Agril., R/o Nevargaon, Tq. Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr C.V. Dharurkar, Advocate holding for Mr R.V. Gore for the petitioiner; Mr K.G. Patil, A.P.P. for respondents no.1 to 4; Mr S.B. Deshpande, Advocate for respondent no.5; Mr V.R. Autade, Advocate for respondent no.6; Mr S.N. Gaikwad, Advocate for respondent no.7 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. POTDAR, JJ. DATE : 18th January, 2011 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.) Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioners pray for issuance of a writ directing respondent no.5 - Block Development Officer (Class-I), Panchayat Samiti office, Gangapur, to 3 Criminal W.P.No. 893 of 2010 decide the representation dated 3.4.2010 submitted by the petitioners. The aforesaid representation is in respect of grant of sanction under section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for prosecuting respondents no.6 & 7. At the outset, Shri S.B. Deshpande, learned Counsel for respondent no.5 states on instructions from respondent no.5, who is present in Court, that the representation submitted by the petitioners would be decided by respondent no.5 within three weeks from today. We accept the aforesaid statement as an undertaking to the Court. In the light of the said statement, therefore, according to us nothing further survives for consideration. 3. Accordingly, we make Rule absolute on the basis of the statement made on behalf of respondent no.5 that the representation of the petitioners would be decided in accordance with law within three weeks from today. In the circumstances, there will be no order as to costs. ( A.V. POTDAR, J.) ( P.V.HARDAS, J.) amj/criwp893.10