IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.354 OF 2002 Manohar Ishwar Khaire ..... Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra and ors. ..... Respondents. Ms.Prachi Khandge i/by M.P.Vashi & Associates, for the petitioner. Ms.M.Kajale, A.G.P., for the respondent – State. Mrs.Ghanpure, for the respondent – B.M.C. CORAM : P.B.MAJMUDAR & R.M.SAVANT, JJ. DATE : JUNE 09, 2009 P.C. 1. This writ petition pertains to the election to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation which was scheduled to be held in February 2002. According to the petitioner, a notification issued on 15-11-2001 reserving the municipal wards for SCs, Sts, etc., be quashed. It is also prayed that the elections may be stayed. 2. Considering the fact that the elections of 2002 have already been over since long and even subsequent elections have taken place. In our view, the petition has become infructous. The petition is accordingly disposed of as having become infructous. Rule discharged. It is clarified that we have not adjudicated the issues involved in the petition on merits. In future, if the petitioner has any grievance, it will be open to the petitioner to raise these issues. ( R.M.SAVANT, J. ) (P.B.MAJMUDAR, J.)