.abs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 2137 OF 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : coram, appearances, Court’s Orders: Court’s or Judge’s orders or directions and Registrar Orders: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ms.S.V. Bharucha with Mr.Kiran Kandpile for the appellant. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 10TH DECEMBER 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. : 1. The appeal has been filed by the Senior Manager through Union of India. The appeal memo is not signed by the Senior Manager. The vakalatnama is also not signed by the Senior Manager. When asked about this, counsel for the appellant stated that the appeal is filed by the Union of India through Senior Manager and should be treated as an appeal by the Union of India. 2. I notice that the Union of India is not a party to the original proceedings. In the circumstances, the appeal by the Union of India is not maintainable and as such is dismissed. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)