ash 1 fa-725.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.725 OF 2010 Mohammed Kaisar Ansari. .. Appellant Vs The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay. .. Respondent ­­ Shri Sushil K. Chaurasia for the Appellant. Shri Vinod Mahadik for the Respondent/ ­­ CORAM : A.S. OKA, J DATED : 17TH OCTOBER, 2011 P.C. . Learned counsel appearing for the Appellant states that the Appellant is not pressing this Appeal on merits as he desires to apply for regularization and/or for grant of permission in respect of the part of the suit structure which is not demolished and in respect of the part which has already been demolished, as the case may be. Heard learned counsel appearing for the Respondent. 2. Hence, I pass the following order: ORDER: (a) The Appeal is dismissed as withdrawn with no orders as to costs. (b) Notwithstanding the dismissal of the Appeal, it will be ash 2 fa-725.10 open for the Appellant to apply to the appropriate officer of the Respondent for regularization of the suit structures within a period of eight weeks from today. (c) Such application shall be filed with the Executive Engineer (Building Proposal) through a licensed Architect. (d) The Application shall be decided by the appropriate officer of the Respondent–Corporation within a period of three months from the date on which the said application is made. (e) Till the disposal of the Application filed by the Appellant, the parties will maintain status quo as of today in respect of the suit structures. (f) The Application shall be decided by the appropriate officer of the Respondent–Corporation on its own merits. The order passed thereon shall be communicated by the appropriate officer of the Respondent­Corporation either to the Appellant or to his Architect within a period of one week from the date of passing the order. ash 3 fa-725.10 (g) In the event the order passed on the application for regularization is adverse to the Appellant, for a period of six weeks from the date of communication of the said order to the Appellant or to his Architect, whichever is earlier, the order of status quo passed by this Court will continue to operate. (h) If the Appellant fails to make an application for regularization within a period of eight weeks from today, the interim protection granted to the Appellant shall come to an end. (i) All the contentions of the parties on merits of the Application for regularization are kept open. (j) The Civil Application No.1846 of 2010 does not survive and the same is disposed of. (k) The parties to act on an authenticated copy of this order. ( A.S. OKA, J )