1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.1593 OF 2008 (Azizul Mustaq Sk. Haji Hyder and another vs. Corporation of the City of Nagpur and another) ___________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ. DATED : APRIL 8, 2008 Heard Shri Ghare, learned Counsel for the petitioners, and Shri Mishra, learned Counsel for the respondents. The petition is directed against the notice dated 25.2.2008 issued by the respondent Corporation whereby petitioners are directed to demolish the unauthorised structure. Shri Ghare, learned Counsel for the petitioners, states that the petitioners have filed application under Section 53(3) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act against the impugned notice before the competent Authority of the Municipal Corporation, which is pending for decision and 2 prays that direction may be issued to the said Authority to decide the same within a stipulated period and till then, the respondents may not be permitted to take steps pursuant to the impugned notice. Shri Mishra, learned Counsel for the respondents, states that application of the petitioners under Section 53(3) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act will be decided as per directions of this Court. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, the petition is disposed of with direction to the competent Authority to decide the application of the petitioners under Section 53(3) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, if it is filed by the petitioners and not decided earlier, within a period of three weeks from today. Till then, the parties are directed to maintain status quo as on today. JUDGE JUDGE khj