vbc 1 cai183.11-19.12.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.183 OF 2011 IN PIL NO.93 OF 2009 Deepak Balkrishna Vahikar and another ..Petitioners. vs. The State of Maharashtra and others ..Respondents. And Lotus Environments. ..Applicant - Intervener ..... Mr.Sameer Khale for the Applicant. Ms. Gayatri Singh for the Petitioners. Mr. V.A.Sonpal, A Panel Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 and 4. Mr.Ashutosh Kumbhanoni with Dr. Sadhana Mahashabde for Respondents 2 and 3. ...... CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD & A. A. SAYED, JJ. December 19, 2011. P.C. : The contract which was awarded to the Applicant for carrying out census of trees was terminated by the Pune Municipal Corporation allegedly on account of unsatisfactory progress of the work and delay. The Applicant has no locus in the P.I.L. We, however, clarify that it would be open to the Applicant to adopt vbc 2 cai183.11-19.12.sxw independent remedies as it may want to pursue to protect its private interest. The Civil Application is dismissed. (Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J.) (A. A. Sayed, J.)