1 Lpa47-11 dmt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 47 OF 2011 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2694 OF 2004 Prabhakar Shankar Mahajan. .... Appellant. vs. Renu Vilas Menon & Ors. .... Respondents. Mr. V.V. Pai for Appellant. None for Respondents. CORAM : P.B. MAJMUDAR & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 8TH JUNE, 2011. P.C. The learned counsel for the appellant says that he may be allowed to withdraw this appeal but requested for expeditious hearing before the competent authority. In view of the request on the part of the learned counsel for the appellant we permit the appeal to be withdrawn. However, while allowing to withdraw this appeal, we direct the competent authority to dispose of the pending proceedings latest by 25.11.2011 since these are old proceedings. The appellant may produce copy of this order before the competent authority and for that purpose the appellant may appear before the competent authority latest by 2 Lpa47-11 28.7.2011 and may bring to the notice of the competent authority the order passed by us so that the competent authority may decide the proceedings within the stipulated period. The competent authority thereafter may fix appropriate date for hearing of the said proceedings. It is clarified that contentions of all the sides are kept open for agitating the same before the competent authority. Since the Court is informed by the learned counsel that the appellant is out of country as of today that we have given longer date to appear before the competent authority by 28.7.2011. 2. The appeal stands disposed of accordingly. 3. In view of the disposal of the appeal, the civil application no. 54 of 2011 does not survive. The same stands dismissed. (A.A. SAYED, J.) (P.B. MAJMUDAR, J.)