1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1777 OF 1997 WRIT PETITION NO. 1777 OF 1997 WRIT PETITION NO. 1777 OF 1997 Oil & Natural Gas Corpn. Ltd., .. Petitioner. vs. Gram Panchayat Chanaje & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr. P.N. Singh h/f M/s. Vyas & Bhalwal for Petitioner. Mr. C.G. Gavnekar for Respondent Nos. 1 & 4. Mr. R.M. Patne, AGP., for R. No. 3. Coram: J.N. PATEL &, Coram: J.N. PATEL &, Coram: J.N. PATEL &, A.A. SAYED, JJ. A.A. SAYED, JJ. A.A. SAYED, JJ. Date: 16TH JUNE, 2007. Date: 16TH JUNE, 2007. Date: 16TH JUNE, 2007. P.C. . Heard. 2. For final disposal of this petition notice to respondent no. 4 is not necessary. The objection does not survive as the advocate for respondent no. 2 has left practice. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits 2 that the petition can be disposed of on the line identical petitions have been disposed of i.e. writ petition no. 1776 of 1997 and writ petition no. 1778 of 1997 by judgement and order dated 14.2.2007. We, therefore, dispose of this petition with liberty to the petitioner to prefer an appeal against the demand notices. In case such an appeal is preferred within six weeks from the date of this order, the appellate authority will take up the appeal for consideration and in its discretion condone the delay, if any, in preferring the appeal for the reason that the petitioner has filed a writ petition though alternative remedy by way of statutory appeal was available which was a bonafide mistake. 4. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (J.N. Patel, J. ) (J.N. Patel, J. ) (J.N. Patel, J. ) (A.A. Sayed, J. ) (A.A. Sayed, J. ) (A.A. Sayed, J. )