1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 553 OF 2000 AND NOTICE OF MOTION NO.383 OF 2000 IN WRIT PETITION NO.553 OF 2000 ... The Bombay Campion High School Society ...Petitioner v/s. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Another. ...Respondents ... Ms.Kritika Chandarana i/b Humranwala & Co. for the Petitioner. Ms.S.M.Modle for the Respondent No.1. ... CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH, & R.G.KETKAR, JJ DATED: 9th September, 2009 P.C.: 1. The Petitioner which is the public trust has challenged the notices issued by the Bombay Municipal Corporation for 2 demolition of certain structure, which according to the Corporation are unauthorised. The Petitioner is running a school in the premises. The learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner submit that during the pendency of this petition, the Petitioner has submitted an application dated 28-11-2005 to the Corporation which was received by the Corporation on 2nd December, 2005 for regularisation of the alleged unauthorised structure. A copy of that application is handed over by the learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioners to the learned Counsel appearing for the Corporation. That application is still pending consideration before the Corporation. In our opinion, considering that though the notices were issued in the year 2000, because of the interim order passed by the Court no action has been taken and that the 3 Petitioner, as a public trust, is running a school in the premises and the willingness of the Petitioner to get the structure regularised, in our opinion, following order would meet the ends of justice. O R D E R (i)The Petitioner shall within a period of two weeks from today submit additional representation to the Corporation together with any document that the Petitioner wants to rely on. (ii) The Corporation shall within a period of six weeks on Petitioner submitting additional representation decide the application of the Petitioner dated 28-11-2005 together with additional representation, but after granting the Petitioner an opportunity of being heard 4 personally by a reasoned order and communicate that order to the Petitioner. (iii) Till the Corporation communicates the order to the Petitioner and for a period of four weeks thereafter, in case the order is adverse to the interest of the Petitioner , the interim order which is presently operating in this petition shall continue to operate. (iv) Petition disposed of. Rule discharged. No order as to costs. (v) In view of the above, Notice of Motion No.383 of 2000 is also disposed of. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) (R.G.KETKAR, J.)