FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NOS. 1369 TO 1375 OF 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office ¦ Court’s or Memoranda of Coram, ¦ Judge’s orders. appearances, Court’s ¦ orders or directions ¦ and Registrar’s orders. ¦ ------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. P.K. Dhakephalkar with Ms. S.T. Shaikh i/by S.K. Shrivastava and Co. for Petitioner in all the matters. Mr. J.C. Satpute for Union of India in all the matters. Mr. A.S. Shitole, APP for State in Cri.W.P. Nos.1369, 1370 and 1371 of 2005. Mr. S.S. Pednekar, APP for State in Cri.W.P.Nos.1372, 1373 and 1374 of 2005. Mr. U.V. Nikam, APP for State in Cri. W.P. No.1375 of 2005. Coram: Coram: Coram: S.S. Parkar & S.S. Parkar & S.S. Parkar & Anoop Anoop Anoop V. Mohta,JJ. V. Mohta,JJ. V. Mohta,JJ. Date Date Date : 27/9/2005. : 27/9/2005. : 27/9/2005. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. These petitions were filed challenging the order of the Competent Authority under the provisions of the SAFEMA. Present petitions were filed in this court as the Appellate Tribunal was not functioning. By the short reply affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents on 9/9/2005 it is stated that the Appellate Tribunal is functioning and the appeals filed by these petitioners had come up before the Appellate Tribunal for hearing on 25/7/2005 when the Tribunal did not take up the interim stay applications for hearing as by the interim order of this court dated 6/5/2005 the parties were directed to maintain status quo in relation to the properties which are the subject matter of declaration under Section 7 of SAFEMA. The next date given by the Tribunal in the appeals is 21/11/2005. 2. In view of the fact that the Appellate Tribunal is now functioning, before whom the appeals have already been preferred by the petitioners, Mr. Dhakephalkar, appearing for the petitioner in all the petitions, seeks permission to withdraw these petitions with a request to continue the interim order until the Appellate Tribunal disposes of the interim applications for stay. 3. The petitions are, therefore, allowed to be withdrawn and shall stand disposed of as withdrawn. The interim orders of stay granted by this court on 6/5/2005 of maintaining status quo in relation to the properties concerned shall continue until the Appellate Tribunal disposes of the applications for interim stay filed before it. (S.S. (S.S. (S.S. Parkar,J.) Parkar,J.) Parkar,J.) (Anoop (Anoop (Anoop V. Mohta,J.) V. Mohta,J.) V. Mohta,J.)