IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD LETTERS PATENT APPEAL No 387 of 2003 in SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATIONNo 8492 of 2000 and CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8283 OF 2001 For Approval and Signature: Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE KSHITIJ R.VYAS and Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE AKSHAY H.MEHTA ============================================================ 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed : NO to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? : NO 3. Whether Their Lordships wish to see the fair copy : NO of the judgement? 4. Whether this case involves a substantial question : NO of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India, 1950 of any Order made thereunder? 5. Whether it is to be circulated to the concerned : NO Magistrate/Magistrates,Judge/Judges,Tribunal/Tribunals? -------------------------------------------------------------- STATE OF GUJARAT Versus SATTARBHAI IBRAHIMBHAI AGARIYA -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: MR AMIT KOTAK, AGP for Appellants/applicants in Letters Patent Appeal and Civil Applications MR PRASHANT G DESAI for Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE KSHITIJ R.VYAS and MR.JUSTICE AKSHAY H.MEHTA Date of decision: 07/04/2003 ORAL JUDGEMENT (Per : MR.JUSTICE KSHITIJ R.VYAS) Admit. Learned Counsel Mr.Desai waives notice of admission on behalf of the respondents. Learned AGP Mr.Amit Kotak, after taking instruction from the concerned Department, states that against the order passed by this Court upholding Act No.11 of 2000, SLP is preferred before the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has, though admitted the SLP, not granted any interim relief and in the meantime, Act No.9 of 2002 has come into force. He further submits that even the said Act is also challenged before the Supreme Court, which is pending. In view of the above, learned AGP states that this Letters Patent Appeal has become infructuous. This Letters Patent Appeal is accordingly rejected as having become infructuous. In view of the order as above, the Civil Application for stay does not survive and is accordingly rejected. No costs. (Kshitij R. Vyas, J.) (Akshay H. Mehta, J.) Sreeram.