1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (STAMP) NO. 14124 OF 2011 Indus Towers Limited & Ors. .. Petitioners V/s Thane Municipal Corporation & Ors. .. Respondents Dr.Virag Tulzapurkar, Senior Advocate with Mr.Amit Jamshendekar, Mr.A.Rehman and Ms.Ankita Singhania i/by D.H.Law Associates for the petitioners. Mr.N.R.Bubna for the Respondents. CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & R.G.KETKAR, JJ. DATE: 14th June, 2011 P.C.: We have heard learned counsel appearing for both sides. By consent of the parties, petition is disposed of in the following terms:- 1. Learned counsel for the Corporation has stated before us that within a period of six weeks from today, the Additional Director of Town Planning will formulate and communicate to the petitioners the guidelines/ conditions which have to be complied with by the petitioners for regularization of construction of Towers that have been erected by the petitioners in different wards in Thane. 2. The guidelines/conditions would be of general nature applicable in all 2 wards in the Thane City. 3. Within a period of four weeks from receipt of the communication from the Additional Director of Town Planning, the petitioners shall be at liberty to make fresh applications for regularization of their Towers. 4. On such applications being made, the applications which have been previously made by the petitioners in relation to those Towers shall stand withdrawn. 5. The applications to be submitted by the petitioners shall be scrutinized & decided by the Executive Engineer of the concerned wards in accordance with the guidelines/conditions laid down by the Additional Director of Town Planning, and the decision shall be communicated to the petitioners within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the applications. 6. During the period that the Additional Director of Town Planning takes for for formulating the guidelines, as also during the period the previously filed applications of the petitioners as also the fresh applications to be filed by the petitioners are pending, the Corporation shall not take any action of demolition or dis-connection of electricity supply to the existing Towers of the petitioners. 7. In case in relation to some Towers of the petitioners, the order to be made by the Executive Engineer is adverse to the interest of the petitioners, no 3 action against such Towers shall be taken for a period of four weeks from the date of communication of that order. Petition is disposed of. (R.G.KETKAR, J.) (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.)