-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1388 OF 2007 Mrs. Nishita Desai ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others ... Respondents Mr. Ajit N. Jakhadi for the petitioner. Mr. O. Hareendran, Scrutiny Officer of Indian Council of Social Welfare, present. CORAM: H.L. GOKHALE, Ag. C.J., & V.M. KANADE, J. DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2007. P.C. Heard Mr. Jakhadi in support of this petition. Mr. Hareendran, Scrutiny Officer of respondent No.3 is present. 2. The petitioner has applied for guardianship of a child presently under care of one institution by name Preet Mandir situate in Pune. The request made in this petition is that the petition made by the petitioner to the Family Court at Pune being Petition D No. 232 of 2006 be decided at the earliest. Inasmuch as the prayer made in this petition is limited to the above extent, we grant this prayer and direct -2- the Family Court at Pune, which is seized of Petition D No. 232 of 2006 to hear and decide the same expeditiously. Petition is disposed of. ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.