1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6153 OF 2003 Union of India & Ors. ....Petitioners. v/s Ramchand Naraindas Meghani ....Respondent. ----- Mr. Suresh Kumar for the Petitioners. Mr. G.K. Masand i/b Mrs. Sheetal D. Gulhane for the respondent. ------ CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATE : 28th February, 2008. P.C.: 1. By consent of the parties, the order of the Tribunal impugned in the Petition is set aside. O.A. No.747 of 1996 is remitted back to the Tribunal for de novo consideration, hearing and decision in accordance with law. The Tribunal shall decide the O.A. as expeditiously as possible, in any case, within a period of three months from the date of receiving the writ of this order. 2. We are informed that the respondent is presently 2 receiving provisional pension. Despite setting aside the order of the Tribunal, the petitioner shall continue to pay pension that the respondent may be getting today, subject to the order that the Tribunal may pass. The Tribunal shall, while disposing of the O.A. after remand, make an appropriate order in relation to the pensionary benefits also. All contentions available to both the sides are kept open to be raised before the Tribunal. 3. Rule is made absolute accordingly. No order as to costs. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) 3