7-wp-2914-11.doc jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2914 OF 2011 Mr. Pavan B.Aggarwal and Ors. ..Petitioners Vs. The Tahsildar Shirur, Taluka Shirur Dist. Pune and Ors. ..Respondents Mr. S.U.Kadmar Senior Counsel with Mr. Kunal Dwarkadas, Ms. Pooja Patil, Mr. Patrick Fernandes, Mr. Hussain Somji i/b Dave and Girish & Co. for petitioners Ms. P.S.Cardozo AGP for respondents 1, 3, 4 and 5 Mr. V.R.Dhond with Prakash Punjabi i/b Prakash Panjabi and Co. for respondent no.2 CORAM : S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE : 20th JULY, 2011. P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. Kamdar, the learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners, learned A.G.P. for the State and the Officers and Mr. Dhond appearing on behalf of the respondent no.2. 2. Mr. Atul P. Mhetre, Tahsildar, Shirur, District Pune has filed an affidavit in this writ petition which has been affirmed on 8th July, 2011. He has clarified that a Recovery Certificate was issued by the Collector and therefore, demand notices came to be forwarded and issued by his Office. 1 7-wp-2914-11.doc Subsequently, the present petitioners informed the Tahsildar that the property in question has been purchased by them from SICOM in an auction for a sum of Rs.4,31,00,000/-. The property having been sold by SICOM itself, the Tahsildar has stated that on 8th April, 2011 the Recovery Certificate has been returned back to the Directorate of Industries. If the property has been auctioned and it no longer belongs to the Movilex Plastics Ltd. a public company, then, the recovery cannot be effected from the petitioners is what has been clarified in this affidavit. 3. In the light of this affidavit and the statements made therein, Mr. Kamdar submits that petitioners do not wish to press this writ petition. In the light of this statement of Mr. Kamdar and bearing in mind the contents of the affidavit filed in this writ petition by respondents 1, 3 and 4, this writ petition is disposed of. [ S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. ] 2