1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.420 OF 1998 ... Mr.Sakharam Rama Yadawade ...Petitioner v/s. Director General of Police and anr. ...Respondents ... Mr.C.U.Singh, Sr.Counsel with Mr.Mahesh Londhe i/b Sanjay Udeshi & Co. for the Petitioner. Mr.D.A.Nalawade, GP for the State. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH, & R.S.MOHITE, JJ DATED: 16th July, 2009 P.C.: 1. By this petition the Petitioner challenges the order dated 6-11-1997 passed by the Director General of Police of State of Maharashtra dated 6-11-1997 declining to grant a permission to form an association to the members of police force of the State of Maharashtra. 2. We have heard the learned Counsel 2 appearing for the Petitioner. In our opinion, due to passage of time, nearly 12 years, it will not be appropriate for us to go into validity or otherwise of the order. Even assuming that in the situation existing in the year 1997 when the order was made, the Director General of Police was justified in making the order, in our opinion, the question whether the permission to form an association is to be granted or not will have to be considered in the situation that exists presently. In our opinion, therefore, following order would meet the ends of justice. O R D E R (1) In case the petitioner or any other persons who are presently in service submit an application before the Respondent/ 3 Director General of Police for permission to form an association within a period of six weeks from today, the Director General shall consider that application in accordance with law considering the situation existing presently and without being influenced by the order dated 6th July, 1997 which is impugned in this petition and make a fresh order on that application as expeditiously as possible, in any case, within a period of six months from today. All remedies that may be available to the Petitioners under the law, in case the order goes against them, shall be available to them. All contentions of both sides are kept open. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) (R.S.MOHITE, J.)