spb/- 1 wp755-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 755 OF 2011 Mongilal Premji Choudhary ... Petitioner . V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. --- Mr. Niranjan Mundargi for the Petitioner. Mr. Y.S.Shinde, APP for the State. ----- CORAM : P. V. HARDAS & M.N.GILANI,JJ. DATE : 28TH MARCH, 2011. P.C. 1 Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 We have heard Mr. Niranjan Mundargi, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP, who receives instructions from respondent nos. 1 to 4. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ, directing the respondents to decide the appeal filed by the petitioner in June, 2010 in respect of the challenge to the order of the authorities cancelling his arms license. spb/- 2 wp755-11.sxw 3 In the light of the limited relief which the petitioner has prayed for in this petition, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition finally at this stage. The learned APP states on instructions that the appeal, if pending, would be decided within eight weeks from today. We accept the aforesaid statement as an undertaking to the court. Accordingly, we allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the appeal, if pending, within eight weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 4 Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [M.N.GILANI,J.] [P.V. HARDAS, J.] .....