ash 1 fa-1896.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO.1896 OF 2010 Shri Mahesh Digambar Naik. .. Appellant Vs. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. .. Respondent -- Shri R.A. Thorat for the Appellant. Shri Vinod Mahadik for the Respondent. - CORAM ; A.S. OKA, J DATED : 27TH JANUARY, 2011 P.C. . Learned counsel appearing for the Appellant on instruction of the Appellant states that the Appellant does not want to press the appeal on merits. However, he states that the appellant desires to apply for regularisation of the offending structure and, therefore, sufficient time may be granted. Hence, I pass the following order. O R D E R (i) The appeal is dismissed as not pressed. (ii) It will be open for the Appellant to apply to the Competent Authority for regularization of the offending structure. ash 2 fa-1896.10 (iii) If an application for regularization is made by the Appellant on or before 14th March, 2011, the same shall be decided by the Competent Authority on or before 31st May, 2011. The decision taken on the application shall be communicated either to the Appellant or to his Architect within a period of one week from the date of decision taken on the said application. (iv) If an application for regularization is made within the stipulated time, the status quo, as of today, shall be maintained in respect of the offending structure till the same is decided. (v) In the event of the application for regularization of the offending structure is rejected, the order of status quo will continue to operate till 17th June, 2011. (vi) If an application for regularization is not made on or before 14th March, 2011, it will be open for the Respondent to take action of demolition. ash 3 fa-1896.10 (vii) All contentions of the parties on the application for regularization are kept open. JUDGE