MUMBAI, Aug. 30 -- The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Saturday withdrew its orders suspending the food safety licences of five eateries at the Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) premises in Bandra-Kurla Complex, hours after the Bombay high court came down heavily on the department for passing "mechanical orders" despite its earlier directions. The state government told a bench of acting chief justice Ravindra Ghuge and justice Gautam Ankhad that the FDA had decided to withdraw the suspension orders after the court warned that contempt proceedings could be initiated against its assistant commissioner. The court was irked by the manner in which the FDA official had dealt with the matter, observing that the authority appear...