1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.5439 OF 2009 Baban Shriipati Shinde & Ors. .. Petitioners. Vs. Keshav Sitaram Kadlag .. Respondent. Mr.R.S.Apte, Senior counsel i/b Mr.M.S.Lagu, advocate for the petitioners. Mr.C.G.Gavnekar for respondent nos.2 to 13. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATED : 12TH APRIL, 2010. P.C. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. By this petition, the petitioners have impugned the order dated 8.5.2009 passed by the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Mumbai, rejecting the application filed by the petitioners for injunction pending the hearing and final disposal of their revision application no.114/B of 2009. The petitioners have filed the revision against the judgment and orders passed by the authorities below allowing the application filed by the respondents for eviction under section 29(2) of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 was allowed. S 2 3. This court while issuing notice in the petition, by the order dated 3.7.2009 had directed the parties to maintain status quo in respect of the petitioners’ possession. That order was continued till 26th March, 2010. On 26.3.2010 since none appeared for the petitioner the interim order granted earlier (i.e. vide order dated 3.7.2009) was vacated. 4. It is against this backdrop I have heard learned counsel for the parties. Mr.Apte, learned senior counsel for the petitioners invited my attention to paragraph 5 of the writ petition to contend that it was not only difficult but impossible to take physical possession of 96 acres of land within the time mentioned in panchnama. As against this Mr.Gavnekar, learned counsel for respondent nos.2 to 13 invited my attention to paragraph 7 of the impugned order to contend that possession was delivered on 18.3.2009 to the respondents and since then they are in possession of the entire land. Learned counsel for the parties state that the revision filed by the petitioner is coming up for hearing before the Tribunal on 20th April, 2010. Keeping that in view and having regard to overall facts and circumstances of the case so also the order passed by this court dated 3.7.2009 I am satisfied that the following order shall meet the ends of justice: The parties are directed to maintain status quo as on 26th March, 2010 till disposal of the revision filed by the petitioners before the Tribunal in respect of possession of the suit land. The Tribunal shall endeavour to dispose of the revision as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the 3 date of receipt of this order. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion in respect of possession and the tribunal shall decide the revision on merits in accordance with law. All contentions of the parties on merits are kept open. With these observations the writ petition is disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE,J.)