IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 214 OF 2010 SHRI FLORIANO J. FERNANDES AND 4 ORS. ... Petitioner Versus SHRI GURUDAS PANDHARI PRABHU DESSAI AND 3 ORS., ... Respondents Mr.Sudesh Usgaonkar, advocate for respondents nos.1 and 2. Coram:- A. P. LAVANDE, J. Date:- 23rd December, 2010 P.C: Neither the petitioner nor his advocate Zeller De Souza is present. Mr. Usgaonkar is present on behalf of respondent nos.1 and 2. None is present for the other respondents. The petitioner was permitted to serve respondent no.3 by publication of notice in the daily "Times of India" circulated from Calcutta. The record discloses that till date the petitioner has not taken steps to serve respondent no.3. The record also discloses that on earlier occasion also the petitioner did not take steps to serve respondent no.3 as directed by this Court by order dated 26/8/2010. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed on 9/09/2010 which was later restored pursuant to application filed by the petitioner. It is also pertinent to note that by order dated 12/4/2010 further proceedings in the suit were stayed. From the record it is clear that the petitioner is only interested in delaying the proceedings. In view of the above, the writ petition no.214 of 2010 is dismissed for non-prosecution. The petitioner shall pay costs of Rs.2000/- (Rupees two thousand only) in favour of Goa State Legal Service Authority within a period of two weeks. Interim order dated 12/4/2010 staying further proceedings in the suit stands vacated. A. P. LAVANDE, J. ap/-