1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.416 OF 2005 Shree Pre-Coated Steels Ltd. & Anr. .. Petitioners. V/s. Union of India & Anr. .. Respondents. Mr.A.J. Rana, senior counsel with Mr.P.S. Jetly i/b. Ms.Purnima G. Bhatia for the petitioners. Mr.S.M. Shah for the respondents. CORAM : S. RADHAKRISHNAN & CORAM : S. RADHAKRISHNAN & CORAM : S. RADHAKRISHNAN & J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 23RD FEBRUARY, 2005. DATED : 23RD FEBRUARY, 2005. DATED : 23RD FEBRUARY, 2005. P.C. : Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents. The learned counsel for the respondents waives service. By consent the matter is taken up for final hearing. 3. The petitioner has filed an application for duty-free import entitlement certificate on July 8, 2004. Thereafter, it appears that the petitioner had sent reminders on November 9, 2004, November 18, 2004 and again on December 21, 2004. Inspite of the same, the respondents have not responded at all. 4. Having regard to the aforesaid facts and 2 circumstances, we direct the respondents to decide the aforesaid application of the petitioner dated July 8, 2004 and pass an appropriate reasoned order as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from today. 5. Rule is made absolute in above terms. 6. The learned counsel for the respondents states that this order will be communicated through the Central Government Advocate to the concerned officer immediately. 7. Parties to act on ordinary copy of this order duly authenticated by the Court Associate/C.S. (S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.) (J.P. DEVADHAR, J.)