FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL APPLICATION NO.466 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO.4497 OF 2006 -----------------------------------:------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : Court’s or Judge’s orders. coram, appearances, Court’s orders : or directions and Registrar’s : orders. : -----------------------------------:------------------------------------- Mr.P.K.Dhakepalkar with Mr.R.S.Ghadge i/b A.S.Desai for the applicants. Mr.R.V.Govilkar i/b Saranga Aradhye for respondent no.1. Mr.A.H.Palekar for the respondent-State. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE, J. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED: 17TH MARCH, 2008 DATED: 17TH MARCH, 2008 DATED: 17TH MARCH, 2008 P.C.: . Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This petition was heard for admission on 16.8.2006 when the following order was passed: "1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. 2. Rule, Returnable in 1st week of December, 2006. The learned counsel waives service for the respondents. 3. In the meanwhile, the concerned authority shall proceed with the hearing of the election petition. However, he shall not pronounce the decision in the petition without permission of this court." 3. By this civil application the applicant-respondents are seeking direction to the Additional Commissioner, who has completed the hearing of the election petition, to pronounce the judgment. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Having considered the overall facts and circumstances of the case I am allowing the Additional Commissioner to pronounce the judgment in the election petition within two weeks from today. If the judgment in the election petition is adverse to the petitioner in the writ petition, same shall not operate for a period of four weeks from the date of its pronouncement. Pendency of this petition shall not preclude the petitioner from challenging the judgment in the election petition, that will be pronounced by the Additional Commissioner, by way of an appropriate proceedings. If such proceedings are filed by the petitioner, the petitioner will have a liberty to challenge the order impugned in the present writ petition also in those proceedings. If the petitioner files a writ petition in this court against the judgment in the election petition seeking appropriate reliefs/interim reliefs the same may be placed before the appropriate bench. With these observation the civil application is disposed of. Liberty to the parties to file application seeking appropriate relief if the circumstances so demand. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)