-: 1 :- wp-2070/11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2070 OF 2011 Mandar T. Desai. ..Petitioner. Versus The Assistant Registrar and Anr. ..Respondents. Mr. Amit Borkar for the petitioner. Mr. A.B.Vagyani, AGP for the State. Coram : RANJIT MORE, J. Date : March 18, 2011. P. C. : 1. Heard Mr. Borkar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Vaghyani, learned AGP for the State. The petitioner challenges the order dated 17/1/2011 passed by the Assistant Registrar under sections 101 and 103 of the MCS Act. Admittedly, the petitioner has availed the alternative efficacious remedy by way of an appeal under section 152 of the said Act before the Divisional Registrar, Kolhapur Division, Kolhapur. The said appeal alongwith application for stay is filed in the month of February 2011. However, it is the grievance of the petitioner that neither the said appeal nor the stay application is being disposed of. 2. Mr. Vaghyani, learned AGP, on the instructions of Mr. Singal, Assistant Registrar, Kolhapur, states that actual possession of record of the said Society is not taken. In the light of these srp -: 2 :- wp-2070/11 circumstances, the present petition can be disposed of by passing following order. -: O R D E R :- (I) Respondent no.2 is directed to hear and dispose of the petitioner’s appeal, Exhibit-C as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within the period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (II) During the pendency and till final disposal of the appeal preferred by the petitioner, the impugned order shall remain stayed. (III) In the event, the outcome of petitioner’s appeal is adverse to the interest of the petitioner, same shall remain stayed for the period of two weeks from the date of communication to the petitioner. (RANJIT MORE, J.)