1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO.39 OF 2010 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1424 OF 2007 Sudhir Mandke & Company & Anr. .... Petitioners Vs. Smt. S.H. Mundhe-Jadhavar & Ors. .... Respondents Shri A.A. Garge for the Petitioners. Shri A.I. Patel, AGP, for Respondent No.1. Shri Rajdeep Khadapkar for Respondent Nos.2 and 3. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JULY 2, 2010 P.C: 1. Learned counsel for the respondent- Corporation states that decision on the application was already taken by the Corporation on 17-7-2007 before this Court passed the order in Writ Petition No.1424 of 2007 on 12-2-2008 asking the Corporation to take a decision on the application within a period of two weeks. This decision was communicated to the petitioners after the 2 present contempt petition was filed i.e., on 28-1-2010. Learned counsel for the respondent- Corporation further states that the Corporation has not taken possession of the petitioners property. Respondent No.1-SLAO has also, in his affidavit in reply dated 4-2-2010, stated that possession has not been taken and that notice dated 24-12-2009 has been dropped by the SLAO. Learned counsel for the Corporation states that the Corporation tenders an unconditional apology for the lapse, if any, on their part and prays that in view of the above, the contempt proceedings be dropped. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners have questioned the order of the Corporation by first filing writ petition, which was withdrawn, and now that order has been challenged before the Municipal Commissioner and the matter is pending before the Municipal Commissioner. The respondent- Municipal Commissioner shall decide the application as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of four weeks and that till then the Corporation may not disturb the possession of the petitioners. The petition is, therefore, disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)