1 fa1589 ssp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.1589 OF 2010 Ramdas Sundar Poonja ...Appellant vs. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ...Respondent Mr.N.H.Shukla for the appellant Mr.Vinod Mahadik for the respondent CORAM : A.S.OKA,J. DATE : APRIL 5,2011 P.C.: 1 The learned counsel for the appellant on instructions states that the appellant is not pressing the appeal on merits but the appellant be permitted to apply for regularization of the suit structure. 2 Hence, I pass the following order : i) Appeal is dismissed as withdrawn with no order as to costs. ii)It will be open for the appellant to make an application for regularization of the suit structure to the concerned Executive Engineer (Building Proposal) within a period of eight weeks from today. The application shall be made through a licensed Architect in a prescribed form. iii)If such application is made within a period of eight weeks from today, the concerned Officer shall decide the same within a period of twelve weeks from the date on which the application is made. The order passed on the said application shall be communicated either to the appellant or to his 2 fa1589 Architect within a period of one week from the date of passing the order. iv)Till the date order passed on the application for regularization is communicated to the appellant or to his Architect, the parties will maintain status quo as of today in respect of the disputed structure. v) In the event the said order is adverse to the appellant, the order of status quo will continue to operate for a period of six weeks from the date on which the order is communicated either to the appellant or his Architect. vi)In the event the appellant fails to apply for regularization within a period of eight weeks from today, the respondent will be free to proceed with the action of demolition. vii)Civil application No.3892 of 2010 does not survive and the same is disposed of. JUDGE