Mgn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1568 OF 1999 M/sNaraindas Dayaram ) A Proprietory Firm, carrying on ) business through its Proprietor ) Mr. Raju N. Amarnani and having ) its office at 50-A/B, Govt. Industrial ) Estate, Charkop, Kandivali (West) ) Mumbai-400 067 )..PETITIONER Vs. 1.The Union of India ) 2.Commissioner of Customs, ) Preventive, having his office ) at New Customs House, Ballard ) Estate, Mumbai-400 001 )..RESPONDENTS Mr. D.B. Shroff, Senior Counsel with Mr. R.G. Sheth i/b. R.G. Sheth & Co., for the Petitioner. Mr. R.V. Desai, Senior Advocate with Mrs. S.V. Bharucha, for the Respondents. CORAM : FERDINO I. REBELLO & D.G.KARNIK, JJ. DATED : 21ST JULY, 2009 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER FERDINO I. REBELLO, J.). The petitioner has approached this Court in respect of the communication dated 11th February, 1999 whereby his application under the K.V.S.S. Scheme has been rejected. In Arviva Industries (India) Ltd. vs. The Union of India, one of the noticees had come to this Court by way of Writ Petition No.1074 of 1999 which petition we have disposed of by order dated 23rd April, 2009. We have remanded the matter to the Commissioner of Customs to consider the declaration filed by Arviva Industries (India) Ltd., and to pass appropriate orders according to law expeditiously. 2. It is the submission on behalf of the petitioner by the learned Counsel that the petitioner herein is only a co-noticee and if the application by the noticee-Arviva Industries (India) Ltd., is accepted the consequences must follow that the application by the petitioner in this petition will also have to be accepted. We do not propose to go into the merits of the matter. However, considering the order passed in Writ Petition No.1074 of 19999 the communication of 11th February, 1999 is quashed and set aside and the matter is restored to file of Respondent No.2 for deciding the matter afresh after deciding the application of Arviva Industries (India) Ltd., in terms of the direction issued by this Court in Writ Petition No.1074 of 1999. 3. Considering that some time has passed since disposal of Writ Petition No. 1074 of 1999 the respondents to dispose of the present application as also the earlier application at any rate not later than five months from today. Rule made absolute accordingly. No order as to costs. (D.G. KARNIK, J.) (F.I. REBELLO, J.)