FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGBAD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, office Memoranda of | coram, appearance, court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s orders. or directions and Registrar’s orders | WRIT PETITION NO.3/2010 Anusayabai W/o Shivajirao Savle .. PETITIONER V/s The State of Maharashtra and others .. RESPDTS. .... Shri G.R.Syed,Adv.for petitioner. Shri S.K.Kadam,A.G.P. for Respdts. .... CORAM : A.P.DESHPANDE & N.D.DESHPANDE,JJ. DATE : 7TH JANUARY,2010. 1] The petitioner carries on business of trading in liquor and is possessed of a CL-III license. The petitioner is carrying on the business at village Kapsi, Tq.Loha, Dist.Nanded. Under an order issued by the Home Department of the State, dated 12/2/2009, a procedure is prescribed as to the manner in which a demand could be made by the women voters to close down the liquor shop in a village. By filing this petition, the petitioner is seeking a prohibitory order against respondent nos.2 and 3 viz. Collector and the Superintendent of State excise, not to proceed with convening of a meeting, to ascertain the wishes of the women voters. If a demand is made by women voters, of not less than 25% , then under the policy of the Government, liquor shop can be closed down. 2] Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a public notice dated 4/1/2010 has been published by the Tahsildar, Loha to convene a meeting on 11/1/2010 and the meeting is being convened without scrutinizing complaint. The submission is that the authorities are under an obligation to scrutinize the representation given by women voters in writing and only after the authorities are satisfied after making verification that the signatures on the representation are genuine, that the authorities can proceed further. 3] In our view, the present petition is premature. The prohibitory order sought by the petitioner is intended to pre-empt convening of a meeting of women voters. As of today there is no order or decision which adversely affects petitioner. Hence, at this stage, we decline to entertain the petition. We make it clear that as and when some decision is taken, which adversely affects interest of the petitioner, at that point of time, it shall be open for the petitioner, to approach this Court. With these observations, Writ Petition is summarily dismissed. [N.D.DESHPANDE] [A.P.DESHPANDE] JUDGE JUDGE umg/wp3-10