IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2341 OF 2007 Abdulla Ghani Mohammed & Anr. ..... ...... Petitioners V/s Union of India & Ors. ..... ...... . .....Respondents. Mr.Uday P. Warunjikar, Adv. For the petitioners. Mrs.P.H.Kantharia, for Union of India. Ms.M.H.Mhatre, APP For the State. CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. 31/1/08 PC: The Customs Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal West Regional Bench at Mumbai by an order dated 17.3.1998 allowed the appeals preferred by the present petitioners and remanded the same to the Additional Collector of Customs who is an adjudicating authority. The appellate order directs the adjudicating authority to afford an opportunity of hearing to the present petitioners and further directs to complete the de novo proceedings within a reasonable time. It is a common ground that as yet remand proceedings have not been adjudicated upon though a period of about 10 years has elapsed. Without entering into the question as to who is responsible for the delay it would be in the interest of justice to seek an expeditious disposal of the remand proceedings. 1 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that if a direction is issued to seek the decision from the adjudicating authority at an early date the petitioners would not press the writ petition. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent after obtaining instructions from her client makes a statement that if the petitioners appear before the authority on coming Tuesday i.e. 5.2.08 and cooperate in the decision of the matter the authority is ready and willing to take up the matter on day-to-day basis. She assures the Court that if the petitioners cooperate the final decision could be reached in the matter within a period of one month from today. In view of this statement the petition is not pressed. Learned counsel for the petitioners waives service of further notice from adjudicating authority and undertakes to remain present before it on 5.2.08 at 11.00 a.m. along with his client. Hence further notice from the adjudicating authority to the petitioners is dispensed with. The adjudicating authority shall proceed to afford hearing to the present petitioners and take a decision in the light of observations made by the Appellate Authority in its order dated 17.3.98 and decide the matter in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of one month from today. Writ petition stands disposed in above terms. 31.1.08 2