IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 1835 OF 1997 PETITION NO. 1835 OF 1997 PETITION NO. 1835 OF 1997 Shri Pandurang Vitthal Badve ] .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ] .. Respondents Mr. R.U. Vasekar i/b S.S. Patwardhan for the petitioner. Ms. P.S. Cardozo, AGP, for respondents No.1 and 2. CORAM: R.M. LODHA & A.S. BAGGA, JJ. DATED: 26TH JUNE, 2006 P.C. : . We are informed by the Advocate for the petitioner that the petitioner had died in the year 2004 and that no instructions have been received from his legal heirs for substitution. 2. In the circumstances, Writ Petition is dismissed as abated. Rule is discharged. No costs. Sd/- [R.M. [R.M. [R.M. LODHA, J.] LODHA, J.] LODHA, J.] Sd/- : 2 : [A.S. [A.S. [A.S. BAGGA, J.] BAGGA, J.] BAGGA, J.]