1 fa1583 ssp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.1583 OF 2010 Anita Barretto & Anr. ...Appellants vs. The Municipal Corporation for Greater Bombay ...Respondent Mr.S.K.DUbey for the appellants Ms K.K.Soraan for the respondent CORAM : A.S.OKA,J. DATE : FEBRUARY 8,2011 P.C.: 1 The learned counsel for the appellants seeks permission to withdraw this appeal. He prays that the appellant may be permitted to apply for regularization. 2 Hence, I pass the following order : i) Appeal is dismissed as unconditionally withdrawn. No order as to costs. ii)Notwithstanding the dismissal of the appeal, it will be open for the appellants to apply for regularization of the offending structure. iii)If such application is made by the appellants within a period of six weeks from today, the same shall be decided by the concerned authority of the Municipal Corporation within a period of eight weeks from the date of which the application is made. The appellants shall make the application in the prescribed format to the appropriate authority. iv)The decision taken on the application shall be communicated to the appellants or to their Architect by the respondent-Corporation within a 2 fa1583 period of one week from the date on which decision is taken. v) If application for regularization is made within a period of six weeks from today, both the parties will maintain status quo as of today in respect of the offending structure till the application is decided. In the event the application is decided against the appellants, the order of status quo will continue to operate for a period of three weeks from the date on which the order is communicated to the appellants or to their Architect. If appellants fail to apply for regularization within six weeks from today, it will be open for the respondent- Corporation to proceed with the action of demolition. vi)Civil application no.4058 of 2010 does not survive and the same is disposed of. JUDGE