-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO. 1480 OF 2008 Ramsagar Jagnarayan Mishra ..Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra and another ... Respondents Mr. Atul Damle with Ms. Shilpa Kamble, instructed by Shukla & Shukla, for the petitioner. Mr. Shekhar Ingawale, AGP, for the respondents. CORAM: P.B. MAJMUDAR & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE: JULY 30, 2008. P.C. The learned counsel for the petitioner, after taking instructions from his client who is present in Court, wants to withdraw this petition with a view to enable the petitioner to apply for fresh licence to the authority in the prescribed format along with the requisite fees. Permission granted. 2. If any such application is made by the petitioner, it is for the concerned department to take appropriate decision in accordance with law and as per the practice and procedure in this behalf. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the petitioner was doing business with the deceased since 1992 and it is for the department to consider whether any preference can be given to the petitioner for giving fresh licence. If any -2- application is made by the petitioner, the same shall be decided within three months from the date of receipt of the application. 3. Subject to what is stated hereinabove, Petition is disposed of as withdrawn. P. B. MAJMUDAR, J. A.A. SAYED, J.