-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1473 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1473 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1473 OF 2006 Vilasrao Mahadeo Waghmode .. Petitioner. V/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. ..Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1481 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1481 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1481 OF 2006 Ravindra Shankarrao Musale .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- --- --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1482 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1482 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1482 OF 2006 Rajendra Narayan Jadhav ..Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1483 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1483 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1483 OF 2006 Jagdish P. Ghatage .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr.Shirish Gupte, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Vishal Thadhani for the Petitioner in all the above petitions. Mrs. A.S. Pai, Additional P.P. for the Respondents. --- -: 2 :- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1484 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1484 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1484 OF 2006 Dilawar Abalal Momin .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1488 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1488 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1488 OF 2006 Sajjad Babasaheb Mujawar .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr.Shirish Gupte, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Vishal Thadhani for the Petitioner in all the above petitions. Smt. V.R. Bhosale, Additional P.P. for the Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1493 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1493 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1493 OF 2006 Sanjay Marotirao Pawar .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1496 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1496 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1496 OF 2006 Vilasrao Mahadeo Waghmode .. Petitioner. -: 3 :- v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1497 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1497 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1497 OF 2006 Indubai Bhagwan Chougule .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1498 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1498 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1498 OF 2006 Meera Dattatraya Raut .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr.Shirish Gupte, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Vishal Thadhani for the Petitioner in all the above petitions. Mrs.S.D.Shinde, Additional P.P.for the Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1499 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1499 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1499 OF 2006 Gajanan Balwant Ghatage .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1501 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1501 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1501 OF 2006 -: 4 :- Rupal Randhir Mahadik .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- WITH WITH WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1502 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1502 OF 2006 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1502 OF 2006 Vilas Laxman Bidkar .. Petitioner. v/s. 1. Collector of Kolhapur & Ors. .. Respondents. --- Mr.Shirish Gupte, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Vishal Thadhani for the Petitioner in all the above petitions. Smt. V.R. Bhosale, Additional P.P. for the Respondents. --- CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE S. A. BOBDE, JJ. S. A. BOBDE, JJ. S. A. BOBDE, JJ. DATED : 09TH AUGUST, 2006. DATED : 09TH AUGUST, 2006. DATED : 09TH AUGUST, 2006. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. Rule, returnable forthwith in all the above petitions. By consent of the parties, we pass the following common order in all the petitions :- ORDER ORDER ORDER i) It is directed that the petitioner(s) in the above petitions, will carry on his business of video games parlour strictly in accordance with -: 5 :- the terms and conditions of the licence issued by the Collector of Kolhapur and only in respect of machines expressly specified in the said licence. In the event it is found that the petitioner(s) is committing breach of any of the terms and conditions of the said licence and/or have been misusing the machines in question and/or using the same for purpose other than games of skill and/or substituting the machines of altering the same, it will be open to the respondents to take action in accordance with law. ii) It is further directed that in the event it is found that the petitioner(s) has committed or is committing offence under any law, it will then also be open to the respondents to take action in accordance with law. 2. The order passed by us above, was already passed in similar writ petition No.2513/ 1990 on 17.07.1990 by the division bench of this court (Coram : Pratap and Moharir, JJ). 3. Rule in all the above petitions is made absolute in the above terms. The petitions are disposed of. -: 6 :- (D.G.DESHPANDE,J) (S.A. BOBDE, J) .....