AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1668 OF 2007 IN WRIT PETITION NO.3577 OF 2007 Akaram Bapu Kavane ... Applicant Vs. Kolhapur Zilha Shetkari Vinkari Sahakari Soot Irani Ltd., Ichalkaranji & Ors. ... Respondents Mr. S.M. Dharap i/b Anjali N. Helekar for the applicant. Mr. Kiran Bapat with Mr. Yadav i/b Avinsh Fatangare for respondent 1. Mr. Sonpal, A.G.P. for the State. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, JJ. DATED : JANUARY 9, 2008. P.C.:­ 1. On 18/12/2007, the Division Bench of this court (F.I. Rebello & R.S. Mohite, JJ), passed an order directing respondent 3 – Tahsildar, Taluka Shirol, District Kolhapur, to attach all the AJN 2 immoveable assets/properties of respondent 1 as also bank accounts and file compliance in this court on or before 9/1/2008. This civil application was directed to be fixed on board on 9/1/2008. 2. Accordingly, respondent 3 has attached the immoveable assets/properties of respondent 1 as also bank accounts on 7/1/2008. On the same day, the parties have settled the matter in the sense that the management has issued individual cheques in the names of 167 individual workers. The cheques have been handed over to the applicant. However, on account of the attachment, the cheques were handed over by the applicant to the Tahsildar. The cheques are today with the Tahsildar. 3. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the parties that the parties have amicably settled the matter, we direct that the attachment levied by respondent 3 with regard to the liability of gratuity be lifted. We further direct that respondent 3 shall hand over the cheques which are lying with him to the applicant. The applicant shall take possession of the said cheques AJN 3 on behalf of himself and 166 workers. Affidavit of Dattatray Mane, respondent 3 is taken on record by us, today. To this affidavit, is annexed Ex­F, which is an undertaking given by the applicant on behalf of workers to the effect that the amount of gratuity claim has been satisfied. Mr. Dharap, learned counsel for the applicant on instructions from the applicant, who is present in the court today, states that the applicant and other 166 workers have no objection to the lifting of attachment as their gratuity due is fully satisfied. This statement is accepted by the court. 4. Civil application is disposed of. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [SMT. ROSHAN DALVI, J.]