:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2580 OF 2004 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 385 OF 1993 Champalal R. Shah ...Petitioner vs. Shri Bikaji Gopal Kakad ....Respondents M.M. Sathaye for the petitioner. V.Z. Kankaria advocate for petitioner in W/P. CORAM: S.U. KAMDAR, J. DATE : 25th November, 2005. P.C. : P.C. : P.C. : 1. Learned counsel for the applicant seeks leave to withdraw the Civil Application. Civil Application is dismissed as withdrawn. He states that writ petition No. 385 of 1993 is abated because the sole respondent has expired as far back as 9.3.2004. The petitioner has been served :2: with this Civil Application on 12.10.2004. Still no steps are taken. In that view of the matter petition dismissed as abated. sd/- ********