IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1347 OF 1996 M/s.Lark Chemicals Pvt.Ltd. ... Petitioner. V/s. The Union of India and others. ... Respondents. D.H.Mehta i/b. Shukla & Shukla for the petitioner. P.S.Jetly for the respondents. CORAM : V.C.DAGA AND K.K.TATED, JJ. DATED : 4th January 2010. P.C. : Heard. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners produced copy of the order dated 27th April, 2006 passed in W.P.No.595/1996 and submitted that the same order be passed in this petition since factual matrix and legal issues involved are similar and identical. 3. Accordingly, by consent of parties, we dispose of this writ petition by the following order: i) The second respondent shall issue the show cause notice, if not issued, to the petitioners within a period of six weeks from today along with all documents which the department rely upon. ii) The petitioners shall respond to the show cause notice within a period of six weeks on receipt of the show cause notice. iii) The second respondent shall adjudicate the show cause notice and pass an adjudication order after giving the petitioners opportunity of hearing within a period of eight weeks from the receipt of the reply to the show cause notice. iv) The petitioners shall keep the bank guarantee and bond furnished by them pursuant to the interim order of this court dated 10.4.1996 alive until the adjudication order is passed by the respondent No.2 and for a period of eight weeks thereafter. Similarly, the respondent No.2 shall not enforce the bank guarantee and the bond for a period of eight weeks from the date of adjudication order if the adjudication order is adverse to the petitioners. No order as to costs. (V.C.DAGA, J.) (K.K.TATED, J.)