1 wp 6956.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6956 OF 2011 Arunkumar Narayan Dahiwelkar .. Petitioner Versus Viraj Prabhakar Dahiwelkar and others .. Respondents Shri V. C. Patil, Advocate for the Petitioner. CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2011. PER COURT : . The present petitioner had filed proceedings for issuance of succession certificate which came to be allowed. The present respondents filed an appeal, along with an appeal the respondents also filed an application for the stay of the issuance of succession certificate. The District Court allowed the application of the respondents vide order dated 27.06.2011. Aggrieved thereby the present petition is filed. 2. Shri Patil, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Court while granting stay has not given any reasons. 2 wp 6956.11 The Trial Court after appreciation of all the documents and evidence has issued the succession certificate in favour of the petitioner. The same could not have been stayed by the District Court in such a manner. The learned counsel further contends that the petitioner is age-old person and he has been litigating for six years, but still is not in a position to enjoy the fruits of the order issued in his favour. 3. The District Court has stayed the order of issuance of succession certificate pending decision in appeal. The appeal is a substantive right. When a substantive appeal is pending, the Court with a view to safeguard the rights of all the parties has granted the stay. The said order need not be interfered with at this stage. However, taking into account the nature of the proceedings, the District Court shall decide the proceedings expeditiously and preferably within a period of nine (9) months from today. The writ petition is disposed of. No costs. [ S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J. ] bsb/Sept. 11