- 1 - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.1704 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2248 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2320 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2350 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2489 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2515 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2558 of 1993, Writ Petition No.2598 of 1993, and Writ Petition No.2646 of 1993 WP No.1704 of 1993 WP No.1704 of 1993 WP No.1704 of 1993 V.Beniston Fernando & Ors. .. Petitioners Vs. District General of Shipping & Others. .. Respondents -- Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioners. Shri Yogesh Bhate for the respondents. -- WP No.2248 of 1993 WP No.2248 of 1993 WP No.2248 of 1993 Mr.Taher Ahmed T.A.Khan. .. Petitioner Vs. Director General of Shipping & Ors. .. Respondents -- Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioner. Shri Suresh Kumar for the respondents. -- WP No.2320 of 1993 WP No.2320 of 1993 WP No.2320 of 1993 Kadavunkal Joseph Jackson. .. Petitioner Vs. Director General of Shippping & Ors. .. Respondents -- Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioner. - 2 - S/Shri Y.S.Bhate with Mahesh Dutt and P.Sharma for the respondent No.1. -- WP No.2350 of 1993 WP No.2350 of 1993 WP No.2350 of 1993 Mr.Barkatkar Arif Abdul Shakar. .. Petitioner Vs. Director General of Shipping & Others. .. Respondents -- Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioner. None for the respondents. -- WP No.2489 of 1993 WP No.2489 of 1993 WP No.2489 of 1993 Saroj Kumar. .. Petitioner Vs. Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents -- Shri Suresh Kumar for the petitioner S/Shri Y.S.Bhate with Shri Mahesh Dutt & P.Sharma for the respondents. -- WP No.2515 of 1993 WP No.2515 of 1993 WP No.2515 of 1993 Mr.Joseph Dias. .. Petitioner Vs. Director General of Shipping & Ors. .. Respondents -- Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioner. None for the respondents. -- WP No.2558 of 1993 WP No.2558 of 1993 WP No.2558 of 1993 Mr.M.G.Ramesh. .. Petitioner Vs. Director General of Shipping & Ors. .. Respondents -- - 3 - Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioner. None present for the respondents. -- WP No.2598 of 1993 WP No.2598 of 1993 WP No.2598 of 1993 Mr.Ferreira Calvero J. .. Petitioner Vs. Director General of Shipping & Ors. .. Respondents -- Ms Usha Singh i/b Vyas & Bhalwal for the petitioner. None for the respondents. -- WP No.2646 of 1993 WP No.2646 of 1993 WP No.2646 of 1993 Sandip Vinayak Pawar. .. Petitioner Vs. Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents -- Shri Suresh Kumar for the petitioner. S/Shri Y.S.Bhate with Mahesh Dutt and P.Sharma for the respondents. -- CORAM : R.M.S.KHANDEPARKAR & V.M.KANADE, JJ. DATED : 16th AUGUST, 2005. 1. Heard. In all these petitions, the petitioners have mainly sought relief in the nature of direction to the respondents for issuance of Continuous Discharge Certificate (C.D.C.). Undisputedly, during the pendency of these petitions, - 4 - the petitioners had applied for C.D.C. which applications were considered by the competent authority and they have been granted C.D.C. In view of the fact that the petitioners have received the Continuous Discharge Certificate (C.D.C.), nothing survives in all these petitions. 2. Similar petitions, which were filed by other parties including the Writ Petition No.1699 of 1993 and some others, were disposed of on 15th June, 2004 as well as the Writ Petition No.1722 of 1993 and some others were disposed of on 11th August, 2004 recording the above fact. Similarly, the present petitions are also disposed of while recording the above fact. Rule in all these petitions stand discharged with no order as to costs. (R.M.S.KHANDEPARKAR, J) ( V.M.KANADE, J)