1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1288 OF 2009 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 3216 OF 2009 Baron Hotels Pvt. Ltd. & anr. ... Applicants/ Petitioners v/s Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation ... Respondent Mr.Uday Warunjikar for the applicants/petitioners. Mr.S.P.Bharati for the respondent. CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: 8TH JUNE, 2009 P. C.: 1 By this civil application, the petitioners/applicants have sought a clarification/modification of the order dated 27.4.2009 passed in Writ Petition No.3216 of 2009. 2 By the order dated 27.4.2009, the petitioners were directed to deposit an amount of Rs.1.35 crores with the respondent herein. Mr.Warunjikar for the petitioners states that the amount has already been deposited. He, therefore, 2 prays that till the appeal is heard by the District Judge, Pune, the order passed on 11.9.2008 by the competent authority be stayed. 3 He further prays that in the event the petitioners succeed in the appeal, the respondent should be directed to refund the amount of Rs.1.35 crores to the petitioners along with the interest payable at the rate of 14% per annum. 4 Since there is no dispute that the amount of Rs.1.35 crores has been deposited by the petitioners with the respondent, the order passed by the competent authority on 11.9.2008 is stayed pending the proceedings before the District Judge, Pune, in Civil Appeal No.642 of 2008. It is made clear that the proceedings in the aforesaid appeal shall continue. 5 The District Judge, Pune, while passing the final orders in the aforesaid appeal will consider whether the amount of Rs.1.35 crores deposited by the petitioners should be refunded along with interest in case the petitioners succeed. 6. Civil application disposed of. ......