1 (Spl. - H.C.A.S. C.D., 78-e) FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA PANAJI – GOA APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO. 420 OF 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Quorum appearances, Court's orders, or directions and Court's or Judge's Orders. Registrar's orders. Shri M.S. Sonak, Advocate for the Petitioner. CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & N.A. BRITTO, JJ. DATE : 28th September, 2004. P.C. We have heard Mr. Sonak, the learned counsel for the Petitioner Company and it is evident that the Panchayat Appeals No.99, 100 and 101/2002 are presently pending before the Respondent No.5. The alternate prayer of the Petitioner is to direct the said respondent to hear and decide the said Appeals in a time bound manner. If the Appeals are pending for more than two years, the Petitioner is 2 justified in seeking directions for their early disposal on merits. We therefore direct the Respondent No.5 to hear and decide the said pending Appeals on their own merits after hearing the parties concerned as expeditiously as possible, and in any case, within a period of three months from today. Writ to be issued forthwith. B.H. MARLAPALLE, J. sl. N.A. BRITTO, J.