1 10WP.5473-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5473 OF 2011 Mr.Taher Usmanso Balolkhan. ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others. ..Respondents. .... Mr.R.V. Bansode, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr.S.N. Patil, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 & 2. .... CORAM : D. D. SINHA & A. R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 19th JULY, 2011 P.C. 1. Heard Counsel for the petitioner and Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondents­State. The petitioner is seeking direction to the Divisional Commissioner, Pune to decide the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order of Collector dated 22.6.2011 which is pending for decision. Counsel for the petitioner further states that the application for grant of interim relief is also filed along with the said appeal. However, since the same is not decided by the Commissioner, it is prayed that appropriate direction to the Commissioner may kindly be given. PPD 2 10WP.5473-11 2. On the backdrop of the above referred facts, we dispose of the Petition with direction to the Commissioner to decide the appeal of the petitioner, if not decided earlier, in accordance with law and the procedure applicable in this regard on its own merits within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of this order. With this direction, Writ Petition is disposed of. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (A. R. JOSHI, J.)