1 wp5590.sxw ssp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5590 OF 2010 Surendra Raghuram Samani ...Petitioner vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents ALONGWITH WRIT PETITION NO.5580 OF 2010 Hotel Savi (Hotel Om Palace) Restaurant & Bar ...Petitioner vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...respondents Mr.R.D.Soni i/b M/s.Ram & Co. for the petitioner in both the petitions Mr.A.I.Patel, A.G.P for the respondent nos.1,3,4 and 5 in both the petitions. CORAM :A.S.OKA,J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 P.C. 1 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.P for the respondent nos. 1,3,4 and 5. 2 In writ petition no.5580 of 2010 this Court has recorded a statement of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the prayer in the petition is restricted to the relief of renewal of licence for conducting Orchestra. The same is the statement of the learned counsel for the petitioner in writ petition no.5590 of 2010. 3 Perusal of the writ petition no.5580 of 2010 shows that the request made by the petitioners was for renewal 2 wp5590.sxw of licence of Orchestra and Indian cultural dance. In view of the statement of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the prayer in the application will have to be considered confined to grant or renewal of licence for conducting Orchestra 4 As far as writ petition no.5590 of 2010 is concerned, perusal of the impugned order and especially the order of the Appellate Authority shows that the what is considered is prohibition on dances. In both cases, authorities were influenced by the ban on dances. 5 In the circumstances, in both the cases, the request made by the petitioner for grant and/or renewal of licence only for conducting Orchestra needs to be considered afresh by the concerned authority. 6 Hence, petitions are disposed of by passing the following order : i) Impugned orders are quashed and set aside. ii)The application made by the petitioners for grant and/or for renewal of licence to conduct Orchestra shall be considered afresh by the Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai or any other Officer nominated by him. iii)The application shall be heard and decided as expeditiously as possible and in any event within a period of six weeks from the date on which an authenticated copy of this order is produced before the concerned authority. iv)All contentions of the parties are kept open. v) Parties to act upon an authenticated copy of this order. JUDGE