wp1611.10.sxw 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1611 OF 2010 Vikas Govind Dighe ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. AND CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1613 OF 2010 Sayeed Ahmad Sagir Ansari ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. AND CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1620 OF 2010 Yunus Husain Pathan ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1621 OF 2010 Dattatray Jotiba Raut ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1630 OF 2010 Sharad Kakad Thakare ....Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent. wp1611.10.sxw 2 Mr. A.S. Gadkari , APP for the State in Cri. W.P. No.1611 of 2010. Mr. J.P. Yagnik, APP for the State in Cri. W.P. No. 1613 of 2010. Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, APP for the State in Cri. W.P. No. 1620 of 2010. Mrs. P.P.Shinde, APP for the State in Cri. W.P. No. 1621 of 2010. Mr. D.P. Adsule, APP for the State in Cri. W.P. No. 1630 of 2010. CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : 18th June, 2010 P.C.: 1 The impugned order in the above petitions is an appealable order and the appeal would be lie to the State Government. We direct the appellate authority in the Ministry of Home, Government of Maharashtra to treat the petitioners’ application filed before this Court as an appeal and decide the same on its own merits as expeditiously as possible but preferably within eight weeks from today. The Petitions stand disposed off accordingly. 2 All concerned to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE, J.)