105 Cri. WP-759-2026.odt 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.759 OF 2026 [Pritesh S/o Dinesh Jaiswail .vs. Collector Yavatmal and others] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda Court's or Judge's orders of Coram, Appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shri. O. A. Ghare, Advocate for Petitioner. Shri. V. A. Thakare, AGP for Respondents/State. CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND RAJ D. WAKODE, JJ. DATED : 28 th SEPTEMBER, 2026. 1. By this petition, the petitioner is seeking very limited prayer that the respondents shall decide the application filed by the petitioner dated 30.10.2023 expeditiously within a period of three weeks from the date of the decision of this Court. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, who submitted that, the petitioner is a permanent resident of Yavatmal. On 19.09.2022, the petitioner was granted police protection on account of being complainant in F.I.R. lodged for offences under Sections 143, 144, 148, 307, 384, 506 and 147 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 3 and 35 of the Arms Act. The said protection was unilaterally withdrawn stating a reason that there is no threat to the life of the petitioner. The petitioner has challenged the said order dated 14.06.2023 before this Court by way of Criminal Writ Petition No.707 of 2023, which was decided in favour of the petitioner, and this Court directed the Committee to decide the 2026:BHC-NAG:12912-DB 105 Cri. WP-759-2026.odt 2 application of the petitioner within a period of two weeks from the date of application which the petitioner was directed to file within one week. On 30.10.2023, the petitioner applied to the Chairman of the Committee i.e. the Collector and the said application is still pending since 2023. 3. Learned Addl. P. P., on instructions, made a statement that the application of the petitioner can be decided within 15 days. 4. In view of the statement made by the learned Addl. P. P., we direct respondent No.1 and other Committee Members to decide the application of the present petitioner dated 30.10.2023 expeditiously within two weeks. 5. With this direction, the present petition is disposed of. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) TAMBE Signed by: Mr. Ashish Tambe Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 29/09/2026 19:17:09