1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7111 OF 2009 Vishwas Chintaman Nagre & Ors. .. Petitioners. Vs. The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee, Nashik & Or.s .. Respondents. Mr.P.N.Joshi for the petitioners. Mr.A.I.Patel A.G.P. for the State. Coram: D.B. BHOSALE, J. Dated : 17TH AUGUST, 2009 P.C. . Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the show cause notice dated 5.8.2009 issued by respondent no.2 under section 45(1) of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Market Committee (Regulation) Act, 1963, (for short “the Act”). By this notice the petitioners were called upon to show cause/file their reply before 18.8.2009. In this petition, the petitioners have raised several grounds of challenge including the question of jurisdiction. In my opinion, the grounds of challenge need not be examined at this stage, and the interest of justice would be met if the petitioner is allowed to give reply to the notice with direction to the concerned authority, namely, respondent no.2 to deal with the reply while 2 deciding the show cause notice. In the circumstances I am satisfied that the following order shall meet the ends of justice: The petitioners shall file their reply to the show cause notice dated 5.8.2009, issued under section 45(1) of the Act, within a period of two weeks from today. It is open to the petitioners to raise all grounds of challenge including the question of jurisdiction in their reply to the show cause notice. Respondent No.2 shall decide the show cause notice and while doing so shall deal with all the grounds of challenge raised by the petitioners and pass speaking order. If the order passed by respondent no.2 is adverse to the petitioners, same shall remain stayed for a period of 15 days from the date of its communication to the petitioners, to enable them to challenge the same before appropriate forum. With these observations the writ petition is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.)