IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PIL WRIT PETITION NO.77 OF 2004 Rajendra Gajanan Adamane ..Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents. None present. CORAM: R.M. LODHA AND CORAM: R.M. LODHA AND CORAM: R.M. LODHA AND S.J.VAZIFDAR, JJ. S.J.VAZIFDAR, JJ. S.J.VAZIFDAR, JJ. DATED: 13TH JULY, 2006 DATED: 13TH JULY, 2006 DATED: 13TH JULY, 2006 P.C. : P.C. : P.C. : None appears for the parties. One of the petitioner claims to be the believer of the customs and traditions of Sanatan Dharma. By means of this writ petition, he seeks to raise the grievance that the respondent No.3 Swamy Jagadguru Shankaracharya, Shri Vidya Shankar Bharati, Kolhapur, having promised Dr.Sinnarkar Shrikrishna Wamanrao Bhat (respondent No.5) to give him diksha as successor, is now intending to give diksha/sanyas to Shri Appa Kulkarni (respondent No.4) and named his successor in title. 2. The issue raised by the petitioner cannot be determined in the Extra-Ordinary Jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. : 2 : 3. We accordingly dismiss this writ petition (P.I.L.) in limine. (R.M. LODHA, J.) (R.M. LODHA, J.) (R.M. LODHA, J.) (S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.) (S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.) (S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.)