1 wp927.11 ast IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 927 OF 2011 Shri Bhaveshwari Sahakari Pani Puravatha Sanstha Maryadit, Madyal. ....Petitioner. Vs. The Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur Division, Kolhapur & anr. ....Respondents. Mr.Shriniwas S. Patwardhan, advocate for petitioner. Mr.M.H.Mhatre, APP for State. CORAM:- P.V.HARDAS AND M.N.GILANI, JJ DATED:- APRIL 8, 2011 P.C. 1 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, this Petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 By this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner prays for issuance of writ directing the Respondent to provide adequate additional police force for maintaining law and order, particularly, as the Petitioner Society is setting up jack well at Mouje Belewadi, Kalamba, Taluka Kagal, District- Kolhapur and also intends to lay down necessary pipe 2 wp927.11 line to connect jack well to the infrastructure of Petitioner Society for supply of water to its members at village Madyal and Vadgaon, Taluka Kagal, District Kolhapur. 3 According to the Petitioner, an application seeking additional police force has been submitted to the Superintendent of Police about a year back, but no effective order has been passed on the said application. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner states that an application afresh would be submitted by the Petitioner Society within two days from today. According to us, in the event the Petitioner Society submits an application, the same is required to be decided expeditiously and in accordance with law by the Superintendent of Police Kolhapur Division, Kolhapur. 4 Accordingly, we allow this Petition and permit the Petitioner to submit an application afresh seeking further police protection within two days from today and direct the Respondent No.1 i.e. Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur Division, Kolhapur to decide the said application within one week of its receipt and communicate the order thereon to the Petitioner. 5 Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. 3 wp927.11 6 Learned APP undertakes to communicate this order to the Respondent No.1-Superintendent of Police. 7 Parties to act on the authenticated copy of this order. (M.N.GILANI, J) (P.V.HARDAS, J)