1 wp-7633-10 mgn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7633 OF 2010 Raghunath Kondiba Satpute ..Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Ashish Mehta with Naresh Lalchandani i/b. J.P.Singh for the petitioner. Mr. V.A. Sonpal, A.G.P. For respondent No.1 and 2. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE: 24th September, 2010. P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.P., for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. 2. On 20th August, 2010 the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters-1), Police Commissionerate, Mumbai, passed an order under Section 33 of the Mumbai Police Act, 1951 and suspended the license bearing No.124/2000 of Hotel Bhavana, Plot No.13, Hira Cottage, Sion 2 wp-7633-10 Trombay Road, Sion, Mumbai for a continuous period of 45 days. A note below the said order also stated that it was an appealable order and the appeal was required to be filed within 30 days. 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner states that the order dated 20th August, 2010 is challenged by filing an appeal on 27th August, 2010 before the Secretary, Home Department, Government of Maharashtra and the appeal is still pending. We, therefore, direct that the pending appeal be heard and decided by the concerned police authority on its own merits and as expeditiously as possible within six weeks. 4. Petition is disposed off in terms of the above directions. (A.A. SAYED, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)