IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1461 OF 2003 Tarun Kumar Banerjee ... Petitioner V/s Bharat Aluminium Co. Ltd. and anr. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PTITION NO.1229 of 1998 Tarun Kumar Banerjee .. Petitioner V/s Bharat Aluminum co Ltd and anr. ... Respondents Shri B.P.Jakhade for Petitioner Mr.D.H.Mehta i/b Purohit and Co. for Respondents CORAM:BILAL NAZKI, AND A.P.BHANGALE,JJ DATE: APRIL 25, 2008 P.C.:- 1. Both the petitions were filed against Bharat Aluminum Co. Ltd. When the petitions were filed, it was a Government of India enterprise. We are told by the Respondent that they had filed an affidavit on 22-3-1996 thereby pointing out that Bharat Aluminum co. Ltd. has been privatised and share of more than 50% have been transferred to Sterlit Industries India Ltd. and as a consequence Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd is not a state and is not amenable to writ jurisdiction of this Court. 2. In view of this submission we dispose of both the petitions while granting the Petitioner liberty to approach any other forum for redressal of their grievance if so advised. The time spent by the Petitioners in prosecuting these proceeding shall be taken into consideration for the purpose of limitation in case the Petitioner choose any such remedy where the question of limitation would be relevant. ( BILAL NAZKI,J ) ( A.P.BHANGALE,J )