IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INCOME TAX REFERENCE (LDG.) NOS. CASE NO. APPLICANT NAME RESPONDENT NAME 22/1975 The Thana Electric Supply Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 161/1975 The Thana Electric Supply Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 206/1976 M/s.Alimchchand Topandas C.I.T., Bombay 215/1976 Mani D. Meher - Homji The Controller of Estate Duty, Bombay 203/1977 The Thana Electric Supply Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 214/1977 The Amalgamated Electricity Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 224/1977 M/s.Hiray and Sons, Malegaon C.I.T., Bombay 225/1977 The Standard Chemical and Pharamaceutical and Co. C.I.T., Bombay 245/1977 The Thana Electric Supply Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 246/1977 C.I.T., Bombay Kamani Tubes Pvt.Ltd. 249/1977 M/s.Surajba Patel Trust C.I.T., Bombay 259/1977 Seth Hrishikesh Family Trust No.1. C.I.T., Bombay 7/1978 C.I.T., Bombay. The Associated Cement Co.Ltd. 209/1978 M/s.National Organic Chemical Industries Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 237/1978 C.I.T., Bombay M/s.V.S.Dulange 252/1978 The Ahmedabad Electricity Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 282/1978 M/s.Atul Drug House Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 307/1978 The Thane Electirc Supply Co.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay 323/1978 Radhe Vishnuprasad (Minor) C.I.T., Bombay 325/1978 M/s.Shree Laxmi Silk Mill C.I.T., Bombay 438/1978 M/s.T.D.Shah and Co. C.I.T., Bombay 446/1978 Business Press Pvt.Ltd. C.I.T., Bombay None for the applicant None for the respondent. CORAM : V.C.DAGA AND J.P.DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 15th September 2009. P.C. : All these matters were called out since the matters were pending in this Court right from the year 1975 to 1978. Almost more than 31 to 34 years have passed. No steps have been taken by the assessees/ revenue at whose instance the statements of case in their respective cases have been forwarded by the Tribunal. 2. This Court had issued notices to the parties to the references. They were called upon to take steps approaching the office of the Prothonotary and Senior Master of this Court and to take steps as required under section 657 of the Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 (“Rules for short) so as to place the references on board for final disposal since the provision of rule 657 required the person at whose instance reference has been made to take necessary steps to supply paper book. In the event of noncompliance of rule 659, the matters were required to be placed on Board for orders. Order was required to be passed in exercise of powers under rule 660 of the Rules. That is how all these matters are placed on board for orders. 3. Since no steps have been taken by the assessees in either of the matters as required under rules 657 and 658 of the Rules, we have no option but to return all these references unanswered in exercise of powers under rule 659 of the Rules. 4. In the result, all these references are returned unanswered and disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. (J.P.DEVADHAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA J.)