1 CA 177/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 177 OF 2010 WITH APPEAL FROM ORDER NO. 779 OF 2006 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ...Applicant vs. Ramesh Appa Rao ...Respondent Smt.K.K. Soran for the Applicant-BMC. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. DATED : SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 P.C. :- 1 The appeal was filed against the rejection of Notice of Motion No.850/2004. This Court by order dated 27th November, 2006 admitted the appeal and granted interim relief against the demolition. The application No.177/2010 has been filed by the Municipal Corporation who is the respondent in appeal for vacating that order of interim relief. 2 CA 177/2010 2 The learned Counsel for the Municipal Corporation makes a statement that the suit No. 5990/2002 itself has been heard and it is at the stage of final hearing of the arguments. 3 In such circumstances, it would be futile exercise to vacate the interim relief granted by this court and in fact, it will also be futile exercise to hear the appeal. Therefore, Civil Application No.177/2010 as well as AO No.779/2006 stand disposed of with the following directions :- The trial court shall expedite and dispose of the LC Suit No.5990/2002 as early as possible preferably within three months and till then, interim relief granted by this court against demolition shall continue to operate. (J.H. BHATIA, J.)