1 wp7497.11&group.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7497 OF 2011 M/s Sagar Exports ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITIN NO.7767 of 2011 Mr. Rakesh Rajkumar Dhir ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7769 OF 2011 M/s TKV Marketing India Pvt. Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7770 OF 2011 Mr. Chandujlal Monji Hurbada ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7771 OF 2011 M/s. Imran Trading Establishment ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. 2 wp7497.11&group.sxw WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7772 OF 2011 M/s. Supar Emirates Exports ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7774 OF 2011 M/s. Sarah Exim Pvt. Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7647 OF 2011 Shah Mahendrakumar & Co. (Export) Pvt. Ltd. ..Petitioner. Vs. Union of India & Ors. ..Respondents. Mr. Prakash Shah i/by PDS Legal for the Petitioner in WP No. 7497/2011. Mr. H.R. Shetty i/by M/s H.R. Shetty & Co. for Petitioners in WP Nos. 7767/2011, 7769/2011, 7770/2011, 7771/2011, 7772/2011, 7774/2011 and 7647/2011. Mr. Pradeep S. Jetly with Ms. S.I. Shah and Mr. J.B. Mishra for the Respondents in WP Nos. 7497/2011. Ms. S.I. Shah for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 in WP Nos. 7767/2011, 7769/2011, 7770/2011, 7771/2011, 7772/2011, 7774/2011, 7647/2011, and 7774/2011. Mr. Pradeep S. Jetly with Mr. Jitendra B. Mishra for Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 in WP Nos. 7767/2011, 7769/2011, 7770/2011, 7771/2011, and 7772/2011 Mr. A.S. Rao with Mr. Jitendra B. Mishra for Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 in 3 wp7497.11&group.sxw WP Nos. 7774/2011 and 7647/2011. CORAM : DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATE : 21 SEPTEMBER, 2011. P.C. 1. By aNotification dated 9 September 2011, the Union Government in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry prohibited the export of all varieties of onions with immediate effect. The Notification however specified that the transitional arrangement under para 1.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy shall be allowed. Counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents have placed on record a subsequent Notification issued by the Union of Government in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 20 September 2011 withdrawing the prohibition on the export of onions. In that view of the matter, the Petitions are rendered infructuous. However, on the request of Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioners it is clarified that it would be open to the competent authority to pass an order, extending the period for compliance of the NOCs issued to the Petitioners having regard to the fact that the export of onions was prohibited on 9 September 2011 until the ban was thereafter lifted on 20 September 2011. The Petitions are accordingly disposed of. ( A.A. SAYED, J. ) (DR. D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J.) 4 wp7497.11&group.sxw