1 903 fa.1708.10 ndm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 1708 OF 2010 Arvind Gulabchand Ranawat. ... Appellant Vs. Mumbai Municipal Corporation and ors. ... Respondents ----- Mr. N.R.Bubna for the Appellant. Mr. Vinod Mahadik for Respondent No.1 – BMC. ----- CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 25 th January, 2011. P.C. 1 The learned counsel appearing for the Appellant states that the Appellant, who is personally present in the Court does not desire to press the appeal on merits. He prays that the Appellant may be permitted to apply for regularization of the suit structure. 2 As the Appellant is not pressing the appeal on merits, a reasonable time deserves to be granted to the Appellant to apply for regularization of the suit structure. 3 Hence, I pass the following order: i. The appeal is dismissed as not pressed ; 2 903 fa.1708.10 ii. It will be open for the Appellant to apply for regularization of the suit structure ; iii. Such application shall be made by the Appellant to the concerned Executive Engineer (Building Proposal) / Appropriate Officer of the 1 st Respondent in the prescribed format ; iv. If such an application is made on or before 1 st March, 2011, the said application shall be decided on or before 3 rd May, 2011 ; v. Intimation of the order passed on the application in writing shall be issued either to the Appellant or to his Architect on or before 9 th May, 2011 ; vi. If an application for regularization as aforesaid is made on or before 1 st March, 2011, the parties shall maintain status-quo as of today in respect of the suit structure till the disposal of the said application for regularization ; vii. If the order passed on application for regularization 3 903 fa.1708.10 is adverse to the Appellant, the order of demolition shall not be executed till 31 st May, 2011 ; viii. If the Appellant fails to apply for regularization on or before 1 st March, 2011, it will be open for the Respondent – Corporation to proceed with the action of demolition ; ix. All contentions of the parties on merits of application for regularization are kept open ; x. Civil Application No.4320 of 2010 does not survive and the same is disposed of. [ A.S.OKA, J ]