1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.223 OF 2011 IN FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 32 OF 2007 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. Jagdish G Aradwad (Reddy), for the applicant. None for the respondent. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND K.K.TATED, JJ. DATE : 11/11/2011 PC: Heard learned counsel for the applicant. None appears for the respondent though served. By this application, the applicant- husband has prayed for fixing early date of hearing of the appeal which is pending since 2007. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that since 1997 parties are staying separately. He further submits on instructions from the T 2 applicant who is present in the court that he has been regularly paying maintenance to the respondent. Keeping that in view and for the reasons stated in the application, it is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). Office is directed to place the Appeal for final hearing in the week commencing from 20.2.2012. The civil application is disposed of. (K.K.TATED,J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 3