IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 713 OF 2009 M/S. SOUTH WEST PORT LIMITED FORMERLY KNOWN AS M/S. ABG GOA PORT LIMITED THROUGH ITS GENERAL MANAGER ... Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND 2 ORS. ... Respondent Mr. A. N. S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate with Mr. D. Lawande, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. C. A. Fereira, Asst. Solicitor General for respondent No.1. Mr. V. B. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate with Mr. Y. V. Nadkarni, Advocate for respondent No.2. Coram:- SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. Date:- 9th November, 2009 P.C. Heard learned Counsel on behalf of both parties. 2. This is a second round of litigation, by which the petitioners have come before this Court, and this time, against an order of the Estate Officer dated 20.10.2009. The dispute between the petitioners and respondent No.2 is regarding a shed, bearing No.S-1, which was let out to the petitioners and the lease had expired. The matter was referred to the sole arbitrator. It has been decided against the petitioners. Pursuant thereto, eviction proceedings have been initiated by respondent No.2 under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 and the order impugned has been passed in the said proceedings. It appears that the petitioners have also challenged the said award in an application under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The petitioners are at liberty to take all available defences in the said eviction proceedings, initiated against them under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971, and we are, therefore, not inclined to entertain this writ petition, at this stage. Needless to observe that the petitioners would be at liberty to challenge all orders passed by the Estate Officer, including the impugned order, in an appeal which may be ultimately filed by the petitioners against the final order of the Estate Officer. We only make it clear that in case the final order passed by the E.O. is against the petitioners, the same will not be executed for a period of 2 weeks from the date of communication of that order, to the petitioner. 3. By consent, time to file reply before the Estate Officer is extended by a period of one week. With the above observations, the petition is disposed off. SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. ssm.