Ast 1 wp2374.10.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2374 OF 2010 M/s. S.R.Shipping Co. ....Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.Manoj Patil, advocate for petitioner. Mr.S.N.Patil, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Ms. Manjiri Parasnis, advocate for Respondent No.3. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR AND R.M.SAVANT, JJ DATED:- MAY 6, 2010 P.C. 1. Insofar as this Writ Petition is concerned, hearing was concluded and the order was to be pronounced. However, in the mean time, PIL No.87 of 2010 was placed before us, as some of the issues raised in the said PIL were stated to be overlapping with the issues to be dealt with in the present Petition. When the said PIL came up for hearing on the last occasion alongwith this Petition, the Government Pleader brought to the notice of the Court about the changed policy of the State Government in the context of challenge raised in the said PIL with regard to the earlier existing policy. The Petitioner in PIL has therefore, Ast 2 wp2374.10.sxw amended the said Petition, so as to challenge the changed policy of the State Government, as articulated in Government Resolution dated 31st March, 2010. The questions in the PIL are wide issues which will have to be addressed appropriately. Insofar as the present Petition is concerned, we are of the view that as the hearing has been concluded and on the basis of the statement made before us by the Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue Mr.Ramesh Kumar, we would proceed to decide the present Writ Petition. In the circumstances, this Writ Petition is delinked from the PIL and defer for pronouncement of Judgment (R.M. SAVANT, J) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J)