/ 1 / IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6207 OF 2007 Shri.Virendra Pratap Ramjeetsingh ...Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Shri.S.D. Thokade for Petitioner. Shri.A.H. Palekar AGP for Respondent No.1 & 3. Shri.Mukesh V. Aiya for Respondent No.4. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : 6th FEBRUARY, 2008. P.C:- 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel for the Respondents. 2. Petitioner is challenging the order passed by the Hon' ble Minister dated 06/11/2007 in the review application filed by the Respondent No.4 whereby the Hon'ble Minister was pleased to allow the review application and set aside his own order dated 12/06/2007. 3. Grievance of the Petitioner is that this order on the review application which was taken out by the Respondent No.4 was passed without issuing notice to the Petitioner herein and without affording any / 2 / opportunity to him to submit his case. On the last date, I asked the learned Assistant Government Pleader to take instructions and to find out whether notice was issued by the Hon'ble Minister before impugned order was passed. Shri. Palekar, A.G.P. on instructions from the officer who is present in the Court states that no such notice was issued. 4. It is an elementary principle in law that before passing the impugned order on the review application, notice has to be issued to the person who is likely to be aggrieved and, more particularly, who is a party to the application. Since no such notice was issued, impugned order is liable to be set aside. Hence, impugned order passed in the review application dated 06/11/2007 is set aside. 5. All the parties will appear before the Hon'ble Minister on 15th February, 2008 at 11.00 a.m. on which date further date for hearing will be fixed by the Hon'ble Minister. Impugned order is accordingly set aside. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. All contentions of the parties are kept open. Respondent is permitted to amend review petition and make the Petitioner herein as party-Respondent. . Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. / 3 / . V.M. KANADE, J.