1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 2121 OF 2008 IN SUIT NO. 1500 OF 1983 Leela Govinda Menon. ... Plaintiff. V/s. Akhtar Hasan Rizvi. ... Defendant. Mr. R.G. Singh for the Plaintiff. Mr. Rajiv Narula a/w. Deepak A. Lad for the Defendant. CORAM : S.C. DHARMADHIKARI,J. DATED : 17TH AUGUST 2009. P.C. :- When this Notice of Motion was placed for hearing and final disposal, it was pointed out that the Suit is pending in this Court from 1983. The affidavit of documents and evidence has already been filed by the Plaintiff and parties are agreeable for recording of evidence. 2. Accordingly, by consent of both sides, Mr. Dushyant Purekar, Advocate is appointed as a Commissioner to record the evidence in this Suit and who shall complete the assignment within a period of three months from the date parties appearing before him. The parties to appear before the Commissioner on Tuesday, the 1st September 2009. Liberty to apply to both sides in case any of the documents in the compilation are disputed. 2 3. Having heard the parties at some length and perusing the Motion and the affidavit in support and reply, I am of the opinion that the relief of appointment of Court Receiver cannot be granted much less, after the Suit being pending in this Court for more than 25 years. The Suit is for specific performance and the ad-interim order granted in this Notice of Motion sufficiently protects the Plaintiff. Let this ad-interim order continue until further orders of the Court in this Suit. The Motion is disposed off in the above terms. All contentions on merits are kept open. 4. It is agreed by both sides that they will share the expenses of recording evidence by the Commissioner, equally. (S.C. DHARMADHIKARI,J.)