: 1 : IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO.3148 OF 2008 PETITION NO.3148 OF 2008 PETITION NO.3148 OF 2008 Vinod Kumar Sharma ...Petitioner V/s. Union of India & Anr. ...Respondents Mr.Ashok Singh, Advocate, i/b. Mr.R.N. Gaonkar, for the Petitioner. Mr.A.S. Rao, Advocate, for the Respondent No.2. CORAM CORAM CORAM : DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN & : DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN & : DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN & A.V. A.V. A.V. NIRGUDE, JJ. NIRGUDE, JJ. NIRGUDE, JJ. DATE DATE DATE : 3RD JULY, 2008. : 3RD JULY, 2008. : 3RD JULY, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. : : : . Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Counsel Mr.Rao for Respondent No.2. The presence of Respondent No.1 is not necessary in view of the limited relief sought in the Petition. 2. In the above, the Petitioner has already been received a show cause notice dated 31st March, 2006, issued by Respondent No.2. 3. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner has already filed a reply to the aforesaid show cause notice and, by this Petition, the Petitioner is seeking only a limited relief that the : 2 : aforesaid show cause notice be adjudicated as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 12 weeks. 4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we direct the Respondent No.2 to adjudicate the above show cause notice issued to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of 12 weeks from today. 5. The Petition stands disposed of accordingly. [A.V. [A.V. [A.V. NIRGUDE, J.] [DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.] NIRGUDE, J.] [DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.] NIRGUDE, J.] [DR. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.]