AGK AGK AGK IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7841 OF 2008 United Phosphorous Ltd. & Ors. ..Petitioners V/s. The Union of India & Others ..Respondents Mr.V. Sreedharan with Mr.Prakash Shah i/by PDS Legal for the petitioners. Mr.P.S. Jetly i/by Mr.Suresh Kumar for respondent Nos.1 and 5. Mr.A.J. Rana,senior counsel for respondent Nos.2,3 and 4. CORAM : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & J.P. DEVADHAR, JJ. DATED : 2ND FEBRUARY, 2009. P.C. : 1. In this writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the show-cause notice dated 20-7-2001 issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade. Mr.Rana, learned senior counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 5 states that the said show-cause notice will be adjudicated within a period of four weeks from today. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the present writ petition along with annexures may be treated as reply to the said show-cause notice. We accept the statements made by the learned counsel for the parties. 2. In view of these statements we direct that all the parties shall appear before the Joint Director General of Foreign Trade on 9-2-2009 at 11.00 a.m. for hearing. The Joint Director General of Foreign Trade is directed to hear the petitioners and pass an appropriate order within a period of four weeks from 9-2-2009. The Joint Director General of Foreign Trade shall communicate the order to the petitioners and if the order so passed is adverse to the petitioners, it shall not be implemented for a period of six weeks from the date of communication thereof to the petitioners. In the meantime, pending adjudication and for a period of six weeks thereafter, the respondents shall not treat the petitioners as defaulters. 4. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. 5. The writ petition is disposed of in the above terms. (Judge) (Judge)