IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 698 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 376 OF 2008 MR. VIKRAM DEV MALHOTRA THROUGH AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY AND ANR., ... Applicants Versus MRS. MARIA FERNANDES AND 6 ORS., ... Respondents Mr. S. D. Lotlikar, Senior Advocate with Mr.Prasheen Lotlikar, Advocate for the Applicants/Original respondent nos. 7 and 8. Mr. Rohit Bras De Sa, Advocate for Respondent no.1. Mr. S. R. Rivonkar, Government Advocate for Respondent nos. 2 to 6. Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Advocate with Mr. P. A. Kamat, Advocate for Respondent no.7. Coram:- S. C. DHARMADHIKARI & R. C. CHAVAN, JJ. Date:- 15th September, 2008 P.C. The applicants are the parties, respondent nos. 7 and 8. The applicant states that he had no notice of the proceeding and was not present when the Court passed an Order recording the statement of the Panchayat and the other Authorities. The applicant submits that if appropriate clarification is not issued, his appeal before the Director of Panchayat being Panchayat Appeal No. 74/08 would be rendered infructuous. The demolition will go through as is stated before this Court and once the structure is demolished, nothing would survive in the Appeal. Therefore, this Court should issue appropriate clarification. 2. Mr. Lotlikar, learned Senior Counsel, appearing for the applicants has handed over a copy of the Panchayat Appeal and has contended that the appeal has been placed for hearing before the Director on 24.09.2008. 3. The applicant submits that they should be given an opportunity to make good their case as set up in the Appeal Memo and more particularly with regard to the permissions and licences in their favour. 4. What we have done is merely noted the statements of the concerned Authorities that they would take steps in accordance with law. The Authorities produced before us number of documents based upon which, we made some, prima facie, observations. At no stage, it was pointed out to us that any Panchayat Appeal was preferred. 5. Be that as it may, now that the applicants have preferred the same and have also accepted notice in the main petition, we direct that the Director of Panchayat should dispose off Panchayat Appeal no. 74/08 as expeditiously as possible and within a period of two weeks from today. Mr. Lotlikar states that the applicants, original appellants, would not seek unnecessary adjournments and render all assistance to the Director to dispose off the Panchayat Appeal. The parties to remain present before the Director on 18.09.08. Needless to state, that the hearing stands preponed to this date and the Director must endeavour and dispose off the pending appeal within two weeks from 19.09.2008. 6. In the facts peculiar to this case and considering that the petitioner has been pursuing the matter for a long time, it is directed that the Director should permit the petitioner to intervene during the hearing of the appeal. For a period of two weeks from today, the structure will not be demolished. All contentions of both sides are left open. Misc. Civil Application is disposed off. No costs. S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. R. C. CHAVAN, J. arp/*