The state issued a government resolution (GR) on Monday to release the money that the then Raj Thackeray-led Shiv Udyog Sena (SUS) had earned by organising a Michael Jackson concert in Mumbai on November 1, 1996 at the Andheri Sports Complex.

The amount earned from the show was deposited in the high court treasury by the organiser – Wizcraft – after the matter went into litigation over a tax waiver approved by the government.