1 wp7777.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7777 OF 2011 M/s. Regent International ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. Mr. H.R. Shetty i/by M/s H.R. Shetty & Co. for Petitioner. Mr. Pradeep S. Jetly with Mr. Jitendra B. Mishra for Respondent Nos. 3 and 4. CORAM : DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 21 SEPTEMBER, 2011. P.C. 1. On the request of Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner, the petition is called out and is taken up on board for admission together with a batch of companion petitions raising same question. 1. By a otification dated 9 September 2011, the Union Government in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry prohibited the export of all varieties of onions with immediate effect. The Notification however specified that the transitional arrangement under para 1.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy shall be allowed. Counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents have placed on 2 wp7777.11.sxw record a subsequent Notification issued by the Union of Government in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 20 September 2011 withdrawing the prohibition on the export of onions. In that view of the matter, the Petition is rendered infructuous. However, on the request of Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner it is clarified that it would be open to the competent authority to pass an order, extending the period for compliance of the NOC issued to the Petitioner having regard to the fact that the export of onion was prohibited on 9 September 2011 until the ban was thereafter lifted on 20 September 2011. The petition is accordingly disposed of. ( A.A. SAYED, J. ) (DR. D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J.)