IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1681 OF 2004 Appu Muddanna Shetty ..Petitioner. V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. . ----- Mr. J.K. Hegde for the Petitioner. Mr. A.S. Shitole, APP for Respondents. ----- CORAM : A.S. AGUIAR, J. DATED : 24.08.2004. PC:- Heard. It is the grievance of the Petitioner that his Application for grant of licence for running Video Parlour business is pending before the Licencing Authority i.e. Respondent No.2 since 2000 and that despite reminders to the said Authority i.e. Commissioner of Police, and despite having complied with the necessary requirements, his application is not yet decided. In view of this lapse on the part of the Commissioner of Police to dispose of the said application, the said authority is directed to dispose of the said application within a period of four weeks from the receipt of the writ of this court. The learned APP states that in the meantime, the Respondent State will not file any prosecution against the Petitioner till the disposal of the application of the Petitioner and for the period of two weeks, after the said order is communicated to the Petitioner. Parties be supplied authenticated copy of this order. ......