1 AO-715-11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPEAL FROM ORDER NO. 715 OF 2011 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 965 OF 2011 IN NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 1198 OF 2011 IN L.C.SUIT NO. 981 OF 2011 Shri Diilipbhai Bapulal Shah ... Appellant Vs. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Respondent Shri Anil C.Singh, i/b. Mr. Bhavin Bhatia, Advocate for the appellant. Mrs. K.K.Soraan,Advocate, for the respondent. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE : 13th July, 2011. P.C. 1. Heard. 2. The appeal is preferred by the original plaintiff against refusal of ad- interim relief in Notice of Motion No.1198 of 2011 in Suit No.981 of 2011. Notice of Motion is still pending. The Municipal Corporation has not filed reply. Dispute is about a small covering of passage. According to the plaintiff, the said structure is in existence since prior to 1951. In view of the controversy, in my 2 AO-715-11.sxw opinion, the appeal and the application may be disposed of with the following directions :- The respondent/defendant shall file reply and/or written statement before the trial Court within four weeks and the trial Court shall hear and dispose of the Notice of Motion within six weeks thereafter. Till decision of the Notice of Motion, the parties shall maintain status quo. Appeal and the application stand disposed of accordingly. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)