Ast 1 wp4049.10.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4049 OF 2010 Gopal Baburao Shelar & Ors. ....Petitioners. Vs. The Chief Executive Officer and Competent Authority & ors. ....Respondents Mr.S.G.Deshmukh with Abhijeet J. Kandarkar for petitioners. None for the Respondents. CORAM:- A.M.KHANWILKAR AND R.M.SAVANT, JJ DATED:- MAY 6, 2010 P.C. 1. The controversy raised in this Petition is amenable to jurisdiction of High Power Committee constituted to adjudicate such issues. In the circumstances, we decline to entertain this Petition. Instead, we would relegate the petitioners to move High Power Committee for appropriate reliefs, as may be advised. 2. Counsel for the Petitioners submits that the Petitioners had already moved High Power Committee in the past, but their application came to be rejected on the ground that the same was premature as Letter of Intent was yet to be issued at the relevant point of time. Even so, in our opinion, the Petitioners will have to move High Power Committee, considering the fact that later on Ast 2 wp4049.10.sxw Letter of Intent has been issued. Consequent to issuance of said Letter of Intent, cause of action to move the High Power Committee has become available to the Petitioners. 3. In the circumstances, we dispose of this Petition with liberty to the Petitioners to take recourse to remedy before High Power Committee, if so advised. 4. Ordinarily, we would have considered of giving interim protection to the Petitioners by directing the Respondent not to precipitate the matter. However, since the said Respondent is not before us, instead, we would order that any steps taken on behalf of the Respondents on the basis of said letter of intent, the same shall be subject to the outcome of the proceedings to be instituted before the High Power Committee. All questions in that behalf are left open. It will be open to the Petitioners to request the High Power Committee to grant interim relief after institution of the proceedings before the said Authority, which can be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. 5. Petition disposed of on the above terms. (R.M. SAVANT, J) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J)