Mgn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2068 of 2009 IN WRIT PETITION NO.627 OF 2002 Shri Shashikant Subhanrao Patil ..Applicant Vs. High Court of Judicature at Bombay & Ors.....Respondents Shri M.L. Patil, for the applicant. Shri A.P. Varanase, AGP for respondents. CORAM : F.I. REBELLO & R.S. MOHITE. JJ. DATED : 11TH MARCH, 2010 P.C. Pursuant to the minutes of the order which were signed amongst others on behalf of this Court, the Government of Maharashtra was to consider the petitioner’s application for Pension on merits without being influenced as set out in paragraph 4 of the said order. 2. The Government thereafter has written to the Registry of this Court initially by communication of 4th November, 2008 setting out that for the purpose of payment of pension the last pay certificate should be issued. Till this date the last pay certificate is not issued and there seems to be correspondence exchanged between the District Judge at Pune and the Registry of this Court. There is also letter addressed to the petitioner. 3. In our opinion, once the High Court was a party to the judicial order and has signed the Minutes of the order it is binding upon this Court. For the purpose of fixing the Pension the last pay certificate has to be issued. In the light of that we direct the District Judge, Pune, within 15 days from today to forward the last pay certificate to the Government. 4. On receipt of the last pay certificate considering that nearly two years have passed the Government to dispose of the application of the petitioner at the earliest but not later than six weeks from the receipt of the last pay certificate. (R.S. MOHITE, J.) (F.I. REBELLO,J.)