1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, APPELLATE SIDE NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No. 1534 of 2008 Somnath Bholanath Pramanik Vs. Nagpur Municipal Corporation Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders Smt. Neeta Jog Adv. for petitioner. Shri S. K. Mishra AGP for respondent. CORAM: D. D. SINHA & C. L. PANGARKAR JJ. Dated: 16 th June, 2008. Heard Smt. Neeta Jog learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Mishra learned counsel for the respondent. Counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner has already submitted application for compounding dated 17.01.2005 before authority of the respondent-Corporation. It is further 2 contended that this Court by order dated 02.02.07 disposed of the writ petition no. 461 of 2007 filed by the petitioner wherein it is observed that the grievance made by the petitioner in the said petition was in respect of non consideration of the application of the petitioner dated 17.01.05 by the respondent which was submitted by the petitioner for compounding. It is contended that in the said order this Court directed respondent to decide the application of the petitioner dated 17.01.05 in the light of the decision of the Court dated 05.09.06 in Writ Petition No. 4337/06 within a period of two weeks as well as in view of the other observations made by this Court in order dated 02.02.07. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that till this date the said application has not yet been decided by the respondent and hence once again petitioner has to approach this Court for necessary direction. Shri Mishra learned counsel for the Corporation states that if the application dated 17.01.05 is not decided, same will be decided as per directions of the Court. On the backdrop of the above referred fact the application of the petition dated 17.01.05 3 ought to have been decided by the competent authority long back in view of the directions issued by the Court vide order dated 02.02.07 passed in Writ Petition no. 461 of 2007. Be that as it may. We dispose of the present petition with a direction to respondent-Corporation to dispose of the application of the petitioner dated 17.01.05, if not decided earlier, on its own merits according to law as well as in view of the directions given vide order dated 05.09.06 in Writ Petition No. 4337/06 as well as observations made by this Court in order dated 02.02.07 passed in Writ Petition No. 461 of 2007 within a period of three weeks i. e. on or before 07.07.2008. However, in the meantime action if any taken by respondent and is adverse to the interest of the petitioner, petitioner is at liberty to approach this Court. Steno copy of the order be supplied to the counsel for the parties. JUDGE JUDGE svk