1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1534 OF 2008 DIST.: GREATER BOMBAY Hotel Sargam Restaurant and Bar ... Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents. Mr. O.R. Tiwari for the Petitioner Mrs. A.S. Pai, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the Respondents. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and A.A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ. DATE : AUGUST 7, 2008 P.C.:- Issue notice to the respondents. Mrs.Pai, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, waives service of notice on behalf of the Respondents. With their consent,the petition can be disposed of at this stage. 2. The grievance of the petitioner (partnership firm) is that its application for the grant of a Performance Licence was rejected by the Competent Authority on 2nd April, 2007. Then, it filed an appeal on 1st 2 March, 2008, with an application seeking condonation of delay. The appeal is still pending, and has not been decided so far. 3. We feel that this Writ Petition can be disposed of with a direction to the Appellate Authority to dispose of the appeal in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of presentation of a copy of this order. The petition is accordingly disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. A.A. KUMBHAKONI, J.