1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3648 OF 2009 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. S.M.Sabrad, for the petitioners. Mr R.M.Patne, AGP, for respondent no.1. Mr A.R.Kapadnis, for respondent no.2. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 09/11/2009 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. By this writ petition, the petitioners have impugned the order passed by respondent no.3 dated 7.7.2008 rejecting the petitioners’ application, by which they sought waiver of the loan as per the Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme. According to the petitioners, their application was rejected by respondent no.3 without giving them an opportunity of being heard. Mr T 2 Kapadnis, learned counsel for respondent no.2, on instructions, submits that respondent no.2 is prepared to give the petitioners hearing and shall consider their application dated 21.6.2008 afresh. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel for respondent no.2, I do not wish to examine whether hearing is contemplated under the scheme and dispose of this writ petition by the following order. The order dated 7.7.2008 passed by respondent no.3 is set aside. The petitioners’ application dated 21.6.2008 is restored to file. Respondent nos 2 and 3 shall decide the petitioners’ application dated 21.6.2008 afresh after giving them an opportunity of being heard within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The petitioners to produce a copy of this order before the concerned officer of the Bank within a period of two weeks from today. 3 With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 4