1 WP-5883.sxw ASN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5883 OF 2010 Shri.Appaso D. Khede and ors. ..Petitioners. Vs. Dy. Charity Commissioner, Kolhapur and ors. ..Respondents. Mr. Venkatesh Shastry for the Petitioner. Ms. P. S.Cardozo, AGP. for the Respondent No.1. Mr. M.L.Patil , Advocate for the Respondent Nos. 2 to 5. Coram : A.S. OKA , J. Date :25th October, 2010 PC: 1 Heard the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner, the learned A.G.P. for the 1st Respondent and the learned counsel appearing for the 2nd to 4th Respondents. 2 Attention of this Court is invited to order dated 20th June, 2008 passed in Writ Petition No.3907 of 2008 and other connected writ petitions. By the said order, this Court directed the disposal of the pending appeals within a period of three months. 3 It appears that the appeals have not been finally 2 WP-5883.sxw decided probably because the application for condonation of delay in preferring an appeal against the order passed in Change Report No. 919 of 2004 is still pending and the delay has not been condoned. 3 Apart from the said appeal, the appeals arising out of the change reports of the year 2006 and 2007 are pending before the learned Joint Charity Commissioner. Interests of justice will be served if all the three pending appeals are expeditiously taken up for hearing together. Hence, petition is disposed of by passing the following order. ORDER a) Application No.10 of 2008 shall be decided by the learned Joint Charity Commissioner on or before 31st December, 2010. b) Appeal No.67 of 2008 and 68 of 2008 shall be decided by the learned Joint Charity Commissioner on or before 31st March, 2011. If application for condonation of delay being 3 WP-5883.sxw Application No.10 of 2008 is allowed, even the said appeal shall be heard along with other two appeals and shall be decided on or before 31st March, 2011. c) All the contentions of the parties are kept open. d) The learned Charity Commissioner to act upon a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this Court. JUDGE