1 (WP 616 of 2011) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.616 OF 2011 Vandar Pundlik Patil ...Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. ...Respondents ----- Mr. Pankaj C. Kansara i/b. Kansara & Thanekar for Petitioner Mr.R.M. Patne-AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. ----- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED: 1ST FEBRUARY, 2011 P.C. 1. Heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner and the learned AGP for the State. 2. The Petitioner is aggrieved by the suspension of his licence by an order dated 14th January, 2011 passed by the Respondent No.2 -Commissioner of Police, Thane District. The grievance of the Petitioner is that though an appeal is provided against the said order and he has immediately preferred an appeal before the competent authority and has also filed an application for stay, the concerned authority has neither decided the appeal nor 2 (WP 616 of 2011) decided the application for stay. 3. In my view, the ratio of the judgment in the case of Bhaskar B. Bhosle Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. [2003 (6) Bom. C.R.592] is squarely applicable to the facts of the present case. The petition is, therefore, finally disposed of with a direction to the Appellate Authority to decide the appeal as expeditiously as possible and during the pendency of the appeal, the order passed by the Respondent No.2-Commissioner of Police, Thane dated 14th January, 2010 is stayed till then. Writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. (V.M. KANADE J.)