: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 ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1639 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 1639 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 1639 OF 2008 Satyanarayan R. Dubey & Ors. ..Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. R. V. Pai with Mr. S. M. Kamble for the Petitioners. Mr. Pradeep Jadhav, AGP for the Respondents - State. Mr. S. G. Surana for the Respondent No. 5. Mr. D. H. Mehta for the Respondent No. 6. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE, J. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE, J. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE, J. DATE : 28TH JULY, 2008. DATE : 28TH JULY, 2008. DATE : 28TH JULY, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C. . . . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. After hearing the matter for some time, the following order is passed by consent:- 3. The learned Counsel appearing for the High Power Committee, Mantralaya, Mumbai, which passed the impugned order dated 7.6.2008 submits that vide paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the impugned order the Committee has given a hearing to the Petitioners as :2: regards the main issue i.e. whether 70% of the eligible slum dwellers are supporting the respondents scheme. As regards the main issue, the Committee has accepted the finding of the Chief Executive Officer, SRA, who has in turn relied on the finding of the Additional Collector. It is clear from the record that the Authorities which are said to have verified whether 70% eligible slum dwellers had consented to the same have not heard the petitioner and the Authority which has heard the petitioners i.e. the High Power Committee has not gone into the question of 70% except by way of accepting the finding of the lower Authorities. In the circumstances, the learned counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1, 3 and 4 states that the issue whether 70% eligible slum dwellers had supported the respondent No.5 society, at the relevant date i.e. the date of sanctioning the Scheme, will be gone into by the Chief Executive Officer, SRA, who shall hear all concerned including the petitioners and decide the matter within a period of eight weeks from the parties appear before him. The parties are directed to appear before the Chief Executive Officer, SRA on 4.8.2008. If any party is aggrieved by the decision it shall be entitled to approach the High Power Committee which shall decide the matter :3: within six weeks of an Appeal being filed before him. 4. Pending the two decisions, referred to above, there shall be status quo on the implementation of the Scheme. 5. Rule disposed of. (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.) (S. A. BOBDE, J.)