1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 177 of 2008 IN LETTERS PATENT APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 8077 of 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 5997 of 2006 The State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Applicants v/s. Jankabai Vaman Bachhav ...Respondent Shri S.K.Chinchalkar, AGP for the applicant. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATED:- August 3, 2009. P.C. None appears for the Respondents though served. No reply has been filed to oppose this Application and/or to counter the assertions made in the Application. 2 2. For the reasons mentioned in the Application, in the interest of justice, Application is made absolute in terms of prayer clause 3(a). A.M.KHANWILKAR, J R.G.KETKAR, J