1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Writ Petition No.839 of 2010 Gopal Onkar Patil Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mrs.Indrayani Koparkar for petitioner. Mrs.P.P.Shinde, APP for State. With Criminal Writ Petition No.840 of 2010 Vithal Waman Bhole Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Mr.Shyam Mehta for petitioner. Mr.A.S.Gadkari, APP for State. With Criminal Writ Petition No.841 of 2010 Raju Balram Gujrati Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent Ms.Nasreen Ayubi for petitioner. Mrs.P.P.Shinde, APP for State. With Criminal Writ Petition No.842 of 2010 Girish Vawant Kolhe Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra Respondent 2 Ms.Nasreen Ayubi for petitioner. Mr.J.P.Yagnik, APP for State. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. July 7, 2010. P.C. The impugned order in the above petitions is an appealable order and the appeal would lie to the State Government. We direct the appellate authority in the Ministry of Home, Government of Maharashtra to treat the petitioners’ application filed before this court as an appeal and decide the same on its own merits as expeditiously as possible but preferably within eight weeks from today. The petitions stand disposed accordingly. All concerned to act on an authenticated copy of this order. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)