:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE APPEAL FROM ORDER NO.208 OF 2008 APPEAL FROM ORDER NO.208 OF 2008 APPEAL FROM ORDER NO.208 OF 2008 WITH WITH WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO.253 OF 2008 CIVIL APPLICATION NO.253 OF 2008 CIVIL APPLICATION NO.253 OF 2008 Mr.Anant Kshirsagar ...Appellant. v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr.Shailesh Naidu with Mr.Birendra Saraf i/by M/s.Kiran Jain & Co. , advs. for the Appellant. Mrs.Geeta Joglekar , adv. for the Respondent/BMC. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: J.H.BHATIA,J. J.H.BHATIA,J. J.H.BHATIA,J. DATE: 11th March, 2008. DATE: 11th March, 2008. DATE: 11th March, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. 1. The plaintiff/appellant filed the suit seeking certain reliefs in respect of hoardings on the municipal land and also took out notice of motion. The trial Court refused to grant ad-interim relief and, therefore, the plaintiff has preferred the present appeal. Admittedly, the notice of motion is still pending before the trial Court. Mrs.Joglekar the learned counsel for the Municipal Corporation makes a statement that as per policy guide-lines on the grant of permission for display of sky-signs and advertisements, no hoardings shall be allowed on municipal properties except by inviting tenders and all existing hoardings will be removed at the expiry of agreement or 31st March, 2008 whichever is earlier. According to her, period of the :2: agreement in the present case, has already completed. Anyhow, she makes a statement that if the notice of motion can be disposed off by the end of 31st March, 2008, the Corporation will not disturb the present hoardings till the decision of the notice of motion or till 31st March, 2008 whichever is earlier. 2. In view of above statement, appeal stands disposed off with the direction that the respondent/Municipal Corporation shall file reply to the notice of motion within one week from this day and the trial Court shall hear and dispose off the notice of motion on or before 31st March, 2008. All the contentions of the parties are left open and the notice of motion shall be decided on its own merits without being influenced by any observations made by the trial Court while rejecting request for ad-interim relief. 3. In view of the disposal of the appeal, civil application does not survive and stands disposed off accordingly. (J.H.BHATIA,J.) (J.H.BHATIA,J.) (J.H.BHATIA,J.)