IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (L) NO. 762 OF 2005 Vinesh Ramlal Ramteke .. Petitioner V/s Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. .. Respondent Mr.R.S. Apte with Mr.N.R. Bubna for the Petitioner. Ms.S.I. Shah for the Respondent. CORAM : H.L. GOKHALE & S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, JJ. DATE : 31ST MARCH 2005 P.C. P.C. P.C. : 1. Heard Mr.Apte in support of this petition. Ms.Shah appears for the Respondent. 2. The Petitioner is a franchisee of Dolphin and WLL product for the Respondent. The present contract of the Petitioner is to run until October 2005. He apprehends prior termination. Ms.Shah for the Respondent states that the Petitioner need not have any such apprehension. The Respondent has now sought applications for future. It will be open to the Petitioner to apply and if he applies in time and fulfills the requirements as expected, he will also be considered along with others. Mr.Apte states that under the existing agreement, there is a clause for renewal. - 2 - It will be open to the Petitioner to apply for that purpose and the Respondents will decide that application on its merits and in accordance with the provisions governing. 3. Petition disposed of. (H.L. GOKHALE, J.) (S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J.)