1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.688 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr Rizwan G Merchant and Swapnit L Wagh, for the petitioner. Mr S.L.Gawade,APP, for the respondent. Mr S.L.Pawar,API, Khar Police Station, present. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND A.R.JOSHI, JJ. DATE : 07/04/2010 PC: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for respondent-State. By this writ petition, the petitioner seeks to challenge show cause notice issued by respondent no.1 under section 111 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner has admittedly not filed any reply so far to the show cause notice. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the contents of this writ petition and the annexures thereto may be directed to be treated as his reply to T 2 the show cause notice. He further submits that the petitioner may be given personal hearing before the final order is passed on the show cause notice. Learned APP, on instructions, submits that respondent no.1 will treat the contents of the writ petition and the annexures thereto as reply to the show cause notice and will give personal hearing to the petitioner and/or his advocate before the final order is passed on the show cause notice. He further submits that they will issue notice to the petitioner for hearing of the case atleast one week before the date of hearing. Statements made by the learned counsel for the parties are accepted. We hope and trust that the concerned authority shall comply with this order before passing final order on the show cause notice dated 3. 2.2010. If the final order passed by Respondent no.1 is adverse to the petitioner, the same shall remain stayed for a period of 15 3 days from the date of its communication to the petitioner. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 4