ssp 1 WP 515 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.515 OF 2010 Santosh Mohan Konekar .....Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra and Ors. ..... Respondents Mr.V.S.Kapse, for the petitioner. Mr.D.A.Nalawade, Govt. Pleader, for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Mr.Janak Dwarkadas, Senior Advocate with Mr.Swanand R. Ganoo i/by M.Dhruva and Partners, for respondent No.5. CORAM: P.B.MAJMUDAR & MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATE: 19 th JULY, 2011 P.C. 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after taking instructions from his client, states that he would like to withdraw the petition with a view to file substantive public interest litigation. Without expressing any opinion regarding maintainability of the PIL, we record the statement of the learned counsel for the petitioner and allow him to withdraw the petition, with a liberty to take appropriate recourse in accordance with law. All contentions of the petitioner are kept intact and open. 2. Writ petition is disposed of as such. ( MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, J. ) ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J. )