1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3049 OF 2007 IN WRIT PETITION NO.7677 OF 2006 Firoz Gulam Hussain Merchant ..Applicant V/s. Union of India & ors ..Respondents Mr.Uday P. Warunjikar i/b. Mr.Sanjay Kantawala, advocate, for applicant Mr.R.F.Lambe i/b.T.C.Kaushik,AGP, for the respondents CORAM : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, JJ. DATE : 7TH DECEMBER, 2007 P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel for applicant and learned AGP for the respondents. This application is for fixing an early date of hearing and for amendment of the petition. We grant leave to the petitioner to amend the petition and add the State of Maharashtra as party respondent. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. For the reasons stated 2 in the Civil Application, we expedite the writ petition. Learned AGP waives service. Civil Application is disposed of. (SMT.RANJANA DESAI,J.) (SMT.ROSHAN DALVI,J.)