..(1).. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2258 OF 2008 Anand Narsu Shetty. ..Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra and Anr. ..Respondents. .... Mr.A.R.Pande, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms.A.A.Mane, APP, for State. .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATED : 22nd October, 2008. DATED : 22nd October, 2008. DATED : 22nd October, 2008. P.C.: 1. Heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. The licence of the hotel of the petitioner came to be cancelled by order dated 17th September, 2008. In the said order, the petitioner was informed that he can prefer appeal to the Government within 30 days from the receipt of the said order otherwise the order of cancellation of licence of his establishment would come into force. 3. The learned Advocate for the petitioner states that the petitioner has already preferred an appeal before the Appellate Authority. He states that the ..(2).. Appellate Authority has informed the petitioner that the appeal and the application for stay will come up for hearing in usual course. 4. Considering the nature of the order impugned in the appeal, the said application will have to be decided expeditiously. As appeal is already filed, this Petition need not be kept pending and is disposed of by passing the following order :- (i) The application for stay filed by the petitioner in the pending appeal shall be disposed of by the Appellate Authority as expeditiously as possible. (ii) Till the application for stay is decided, interim relief in terms of prayer clause (d). (iii) The Appellate Authority will decide the application for stay without being influenced by grant of limited protection by this Court. (iv) The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. ..(3).. (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.) (SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.)