:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.3972 OF 2001 Mr.Vasudev Tukaram Awasare & ors. .. Petitioners v/s. The State of Maharashtra & ors. .. Respondents Mr.R.M.Agarwal i/by Mr.N.V.Bandiwadekar for petitioners. Mr.R.V.More for respondent Nos.2 and 3. Mr.R.M.Patne, AGP for respondent No.1. CORAM : R.M. LODHA AND R.S. MOHITE, JJ. DATED : 15th March, 2005 P.C. Mr.R.M.Agarwal, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in the light of the statement made by the counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 that the recruitment rules of the year 1991 have no legal sanctity, the petitioners’ may be permitted to withdraw this writ petition, particularly when the petitioners’ review application seeking review of the order dated 2nd May, 2001 is already pending before this court. 2. Mr.Agarwal also submits that hearing of the review application seeking review of the order dated 2nd May, 1002 may take some time and therefore, the interim order operating in the present writ petition may be ordered to remain operative until the hearing of the review application. :2: 3. The learned counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 has no objection to the course suggested by the learned counsel for the petitioners. 4. Writ petition is, accordingly, allowed to be withdrawn. 5. All contentions concerning the petitioners’ grievance may be raised by the petitioners in the pending review application seeking review of the order dated 2nd May, 2001. Until disposal of the review application seeking review of the order dated 2nd May, 2001, the ad-interim order dated 20th August, 2001 shall remain operative. (R.M. LODHA, J.) (R.S. MOHITE, J.)