FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO.: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.7193 OF 2007 ------------------------------------:---------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : Court’s or Judge’s orders. coram, appearances, Court’s orders : or directions and Registrar’s : orders. : ------------------------------------:----------------------------------- Mr V.Z.Kankaria, for the petitioner. CORAM: D.B.Bhosale,J. DATED: 27.02.2008 P.C.: Heard Mr Kankaria, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr Kankaria, learned counsel for the petitioner, does not press this writ petition and seeks liberty to the petitioner to challenge the impugned order in appeal, if the suit is decreed. He further seeks direction to the trial Court to dispose of the suit within timeframe. He also prays for time to the petitioner-defendant to file their additional written statement. Having considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner, I am satisfied that the following order shall meet the ends of justice. (a) It is open for the petitioner to file their additional written statement within a period of six weeks from today. (b) Insofar as the impugned order is concerned, liberty to the petitioner to challenge the same in appeal if the suit is decreed against him. (c) The trial Court shall endeavour to decide the suit as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of nine months from the date of receipt of this order on merits in accordance with law. All contentions on merits are kept open. The writ petition is disposed of. (D.B.Bhosale, J.)