1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4434 OF 2009 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr R.V.Govilkar, withMr Sarang Aradhye, for the petitioner. Mr S.S.Gadre, for respondent nos 1 and 2. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 27/08/2009 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. By this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the orders passed by the courts below, rejecting his application for referring a disputed signature to handwriting expert. It appears that there are two opinions of the handwriting experts on record. Since the handwriting expert, who gave the first opinion, expired during pendency of the proceedings and that he is not available T 2 for cross-examination, the petitioner filed another application for appointing another handwriting expert. Accordingly the another handwriting expert was appointed. The second handwriting expert, however, could not express any opinion. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. Mr Govilkar, learned counsel for the petitioner, fairly, submitted that I need not record reasons for disposing of this petition and he has agreed for the following order. The Co-operative Court shall proceed to hear Dispute No.141 of 2002, on merits in accordance with law. In the course of hearing, the Co-operative Court shall compare the disputed signature with the admitted signature and shall record his opinion/impression about genuineness of the disputed signature. If the Co-operative Court finds it difficult to record his findings in respect of the disputed signature in the final judgment, the impugned orders 3 shall not preclude the Court from referring the disputed signature to the handwriting expert, if he so desires and finds it necessary for recording his finding in respect thereof. Hearing of the dispute is expedited. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE, J.)