- 1 - VPH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 5283 OF 2009 Mrs. Varsha Deepak Dhere & Ors. ..Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra, through its Principal Secretary to the Minister of Revenue & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. S. S. Kanetkar, for the Petitioner. Mr. M. P. Malvankar, for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. CORAM : D. D. SINHA & A. A. SAYED , JJ. DATED : JANUARY 18, 2010. P.C. : 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the Respondent. By this petition, the petitioner seeks direction to respondent No.2 to decide the application, filed under section 308 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act 1965, copy of which is also annexed with the petition at Exhibit “E”. The learned AGP states that if the said application is not - 2 - decided earlier, the same will be decided in accordance with law and procedure, applicable in this regard by respondent No.2 within a period of six weeks on its own merits. 2. In the back-drop of above referred facts, particularly in view of the statement made by the learned AGP, we dispose of the petition accordingly. Needless to mention that respondent No.2 is expected to decide the application strictly in accordance with law and the procedure applicable in this regard. Sd/- [D. D. SINHA, J.] Sd/- [ A. A. SAYED, J.]