mmj 1 wp-3318-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3318 OF 2011 Gulab Ramlalit Tripathi ..Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Manoj Shukla for the Petitioner Mrs. M.P.Thakur AGP for Respondent Nos.1 & 2 CORAM : D. D. SINHA & A. R. JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 11th July 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard the Learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the Learned AGP for Respondent Nos.1 & 2. 2. The Learned Counsel for the Petitioner has submitted that the Petitioner has applied for issuance of provisional licence to enable the Petitioner to run his security business, to the Commissioner of Police, Nashik, which was rejected by the said authority vide order dated 5-6-2009. Being aggrieved by the same the Petitioner filed an Appeal before the Respondent No.1 which is pending for decision. In these circumstances, the Learned Counsel has prayed for direction be given to Respondent No.1 to decide the Appeal in accordance with law within a stipulated period. mmj 2 wp-3318-11.sxw 3. In the circumstances, we dispose of this Petition with direction to Respondent No.1 to decide the appeal of the Petitioner, if not decided earlier, in accordance with law within a period of 8 weeks from the date of communication of this Order. 4. The Petition is accordingly disposed of. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (A.R.JOSHI, J.)