Prabhudayal Ramkishan Changoiwala And ANR v. The State Of Maharashtra And ANR

1. wpl 1346.18.doc Urmila Ingale

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 1346 OF 2018 Prabhudayal Ramkishan Changoiwala and anr. .. Petitioners Vs.

The State of Maharashtra and anr.

.. Respondents Mr.Amey Patil a/w Mr.Vivek Sharma, Ms.Bhairavi Waravdekar & Mr.Jash Vyas i/b M/s.Vivek Kantawala & Company, for the Petitioners.

Mr.Shamrao Gore, AGP for Respondent No.1.

Mr.N.R. Prajapati, for Respondent No.2.

CORAM : SHANTANU.S.KEMKAR & M.S.KARNIK, JJ.

DATE : 04th MAY, 2018 P.C. :

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Parties through their Counsel. By consent, heard finally.

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The case of the petitioners is that their applications for renewal of the passport is pending before respondent No.2. According to the petitioners, applications which they have filed are required to be considered and decided as expeditiously as 1/2

1. wpl 1346.18.doc possible.

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Having regard to the aforesaid, we dispose of this Writ Petition by directing respondent No.2 to consider and decide the said applications for renewal of passport as expeditiously as possible but not later than one month from the date of the receipt of copy of this order. Needless to mention that we have not commented upon the merits of the matter. However, respondent No.2 is required to pass a reasoned order on the said applications within the aforesaid time. 4.

With the aforesaid directions, Writ Petition is disposed of.

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Parties to act upon authenticated copy of this order. (M.S.KARNIK, J.) (SHANTANU.S.KEMKAR, J.) 2/2