IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY VPH CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATON NO. 94 OF 2009 IN SECOND APPEAL No. 518 OF 1989 Shankar Maruti Kunkule ... Appellants through LRs. Vs Gulab R. Mungashe ... Respondent Vs. The Grampanchayat Bhogav, ... Applicant Tal. Vai, Dist. Satara. Mr. S. S. Redekar, for the Applicant. Mr. Abhijit N. Gosavi, for the Appellants. CORAM: A. P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED: JANUARY 20, 2009. P.C.: ---- . This application is filed by the Applicant Gram Panchayat. Counsel for the respondent is heard. Applicant Gram Panchayat is not party to the proceedings. However, Gram Panchayat was summoned to produce the record. During the trial, the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat had tendered the original register for the year 1957-1970, i.e. Namuna No.7, for the year 1961-62 Namuna No. 9 and for the year 1963-69 Namuna No.9. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that in the absence of the said original registers, the working of the Gram Panchayat is hampered and the villagers are put to - 2 - inconvenience. Thus, limited prayer is made for return of original registers. The learned counsel for the respondent does not oppose the prayer. Hence, application is allowed. The original registers are directed to be returned to the Gram Panchayat Bhogav, Taluka Vai, District Satara. However, the applicant Gram Panchayat shall furnish undertaking that as and when the said registers are required, it shall produce the same. Application is accordingly disposed of. Sd/- [ A. P. DESHPANDE, J.]