-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 9558 OF 2010 Poonam Ajit Satkar. ..Petitioner. Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents. Mr. D. B. Sawant for the petitioner. Ms. P. S. Cardoz, AGP for R- 1 to 3. Coram : RANJIT MORE, J. Date : March 7, 2011. P. C. : 1. Heard Mr. Sawant, learned counsel for the petitioner and Ms. Cardoz, learned AGP for the respondent-State. Respondent no.3 by his order dated 16/12/2008 rejected the petitioner’s application for grant of FL-III licence on the ground that criminal cases are pending against the petitioner. This order was challenged before respondent no.2 – Appellate Authority under the provisions of Section 137 of Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949. By the order dated 16th July 2009, respondent no.2 allowed the petitioner’s appeal and consequently set aside the order passed by respondent no.3 rejecting the petitioner’s application for grant of FL-III licence. The matter was remanded back to respondent no.3 to consider the petitioner’s request afresh in the light of Division Bench judgment of this court in Writ Petition No. 5675 of 2006 Maruti Vitthal Gopale vs. State of srp -: 2 :- Maharashtra and Anr. decided on 12/10/2006. 2. Mr. Sawant made a grievance that though the appellate authority has passed the order of remand on 16/10/2009, respondent no.3 has not taken any action so far. He submitted that he will be satisfied if respondent no.3 is directed to decide his application as expeditiously as possible and within a time bound limit. Learned AGP has no objection to give such a direction to respondent no.3 to decide petitioner’s application expeditiously. 3. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in my view, the petition can conveniently disposed of by passing following order. -: O R D E R :- Respondent no.3 is directed to decide the petitioner’s application for grant of FL-III licence as early as possible and in any case within the period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Learned AGP shall communicate this order to respondent no.3 at the earliest. Petition is disposed of. (RANJIT MORE, J.)