FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE. APPELLATE SIDE. APPELLATE SIDE. WRIT PETITION NO. 1531 OF 1999 WRIT PETITION NO. 1531 OF 1999 WRIT PETITION NO. 1531 OF 1999 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 428 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 428 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 428 OF 2004 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2198 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 2198 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 2198 OF 2004 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 7754 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 7754 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 7754 OF 2004 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 9839 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 9839 OF 2004 WRIT PETITION NO. 9839 OF 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes,Office : Memoranda of Coram, : Court’s or Judge’s orders appearances,Court ’s : orders or directions : and Registrar’s orders. : ------------------------------------------------------------ G.R.Rege i/b. M.S.Karnik for the petitioner. V.S.Masurkar, GP with S.D.Rayrikar, AGP for respondent No.1 A.A.Garge for respondent Nos.2 to 10. CORAM: V.C.DAGA and CORAM: V.C.DAGA and CORAM: V.C.DAGA and MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. MRS.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED: 17th February 2009. DATED: 17th February 2009. DATED: 17th February 2009. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: ---- ---- ---- . Learned Government Pleader, appearing for the State and learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.2 to 10 make a statement that one Public Interest Litigation being PIL No.20/2002 (Vasant Yeshwant Mestry v. State of Maharashtra) involving same issues is already pending before the Division Bench presided over by the Hon’ble the Chief Justice. They submit that these petitions may be tagged with the said public interest litigation. . Registry is directed to seek appropriate direction from the Hon’ble the Chief Justice in this behalf. (MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.) (MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.) (MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (V.C.DAGA, J.)