1 lgc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7726 OF 2009 All India Haj Umrah Tour Organisers Association : Petitioner versus The Government of India : Respondents. Mr.Pankaj A Sawant i/by M/s.Joy Legal Consultant for the Petitioner Mr. D J Khambhatta, Additional Solicitor General a/w Mrs. N V Masurkar and Mr D A Dubey for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3 and 5. Mrs. A R Lambey for the Intervenor. CORAM : S B MHASE & R M SAVANT, JJ. DATE : 8th September 2009 P.C. 1. The Petitioner has filed the above Petition for allotment of pilgrims by the Union of India to the members of the Petitioner who are private tour operators. The order impugned in the above Petition is dated 31st August 2009 which is in respect of Haj Pilgrimage for this year. Shri Khambhatta the learned Additional Solicitor General states that for the next year fresh order will be passed. He also states that for the next year they will take into consideration the quota of the pilgrims then available. 2 2. Mr.P A Sawant, the learned counsel for the Petitioner states that he accepts the impugned order in the interest of the Haj pilgrimage and in view of the shortage of time and other facts and circumstances involved in the present matter, but he submits that the rights of the Petitioner and the points raised in the above Petition may be kept open if the Petitioner is affected by the order that would be operative for the next year. 3. We dispose of this Petition with liberty to the Petitioner in case the Petitioner is affected by the order applicable to the next year. The rights and contentions of the parties are kept open. We hope that for the next year, the Respondents will pass an order well in advance so that the affected persons can approach the appropriate forum, so as to avoid giving rise to a situation as in the present Petition. 4. With the aforesaid directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. [R.M.SAVANT, J] [S.B.MHASE, J]