1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7778 OF 2003 1.Union of India and ors. ...Petitioners. vs. Shri.Mahabal Padmashali. ...Respondent. --- Mr.Sureshkumar, for Petitioners. Mr.S.S.Karkera, for Respondent. --- CORAM: D.K.DESHMUKH & A. A. SAYED, JJ. DATED: 13rd March,2008. P.C.:- By consent of parties, the petition is disposed of in the following manner:- 1. The learned Counsel appearing for respondent states that he gives up his grievance about non issuance of post retirement passes during the period 2 ending with 31st December,2007. He states that within a period of two weeks from today, he will make an application to the appropriate authority for issuance of post retirement passes for the period commencing from 1.1.2008. The statement is accepted. 2. In case, such an application is made the authority shall consider it in accordance with law and sympathetically and shall pass appropriate order thereon as expeditiously as possible, in any case, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receiving the application. It is clarified that so far as the period ending with 31.12.2007 is concerned, the respondent has given up his grievance and therefore, the judgment of the tribunal which is impugned in the petition does not survive for consideration. It is further clarified that in case the application of the respondent is not favourably considered, the respondent is entitled to adopt appropriate remedy available to him. (D.K.DESHMUKH, J.) 3 (A. A. SAYED, J.) ---