1 wp-10073.10 Ash FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 10073 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders. Shri S.S. Patwardhan for the Petitioners. Shri Amit Borkar for Respondent No.2. Shri R.M. Patne, AGP for the Respondent Nos.1 and 3. -- CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 22ND DECEMBER, 2010 P.C.: . Not on board. Taken on board. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the Petitioners, the learned AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 3 and the learned counsel appearing for Respondent No.2. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the 2nd Respondent states that if clauses 1 and 2 of the operative part of the impugned order are read together, it becomes apparent that the stay has been granted by the State Government till the next date of hearing. He states that the next date of hearing is 30th December, 2010. 2 wp-10073.10 4. In view of this statement made by the learned counsel appearing for the 2nd Respondent, who is the Appellant before the State Government, the petition need not be kept pending and the same is disposed of by passing the following order. ORDER (a) The impugned order is clarified and it is directed that the order of stay passed by the State Government is an ad-interim order of stay which will operate only till 30th December, 2010. (b) If the Appellate Authority is unable to hear the appeal on 30th December, 2010, the application for stay shall be heard by the Appellate Authority. (c) All contentions of the parties on merits are kept open. (d) The Petition is disposed of in above terms. (A.S.OKA, J)