PNP 1 CAI172-24.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.172 OF 2010 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.93 OF 2009 Deepak Balkrishna Vahikar and others ..Petitioners. versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents. and Sky Realty Project Private Ltd. ..Applicant-Intervenor.. ..... Mr. Priten P. Killedar for the Petitioners. Mr. Sameer Khale for the Applicant in CA 172 of 2010. Mr. Vinay A. Sonpal, A Panel counsel for Respondents 1 and 4. ‘ ’ Dr. Sudhana Mahashabde for Respondents 2 and 3. .... CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD & ANOOP V. MOHTA , JJ. 24 November 2010. P.C. : This is an application for the uprooting of 160 trees. 480 trees have already been replanted. Counsel appearing on behalf of the Original Petitioners in the Public Interest Litigation states that the authenticity of the application and the statements made has been duly verified and the statement that 480 trees have been replanted is true and correct. Photographs have been annexed to the Civil Application. The Court has also been assured that an adequate supply of water has been provided for and that the Applicant would continue to maintain the trees until they are fully grown and even PNP 2 CAI172-24.11.sxw thereafter provide necessary maintenance. In view of the steps that have been taken by the Applicant as noted earlier, the Civil Application is made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b). No costs. (Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J.) (Anoop V. Mohta, J.)