1 acd IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPEALLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.105 OF 2010 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 93 OF 2009 Shri Deepak Balkrishna Vahikar & Anr. ....Petitioners. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. ..... Ms. Sadhana Mahashabde, for Applicants. Mr. P.P.. Kiledar, for Petitioner in Writ Petition. ..... CORAM : J.N. PATEL, Acting C.J. & S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE : 24th JUNE, 2010. P.C. 1] This Application is filed by the Officials of the Respondent- Corporation seeking permission of this Court to grant permission to Respondent Nos.2 and 3 to cut off 297 trees as per Expert Committee's Report. The Application is accompanied with Undertaking given by the Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Garden Department of the Municipal Corporation, stating that he undertakes to plant 297 trees or more number of new trees against uprooted dangerous trees. The Trees are coming in the 2 category of dangerous trees and also certified by the Expert Committee. We accept the Undertaking and grant permission to the Respondent- Corporation to uproot the dangerous trees as per the Trees Act and plant new trees wherever possible in nearby area in proportion 1:3 i.e. against one tree, three trees should be planted. It is highly desirable that before cutting of trees, the Authority should ensure that new trees are planted by the Authority. 2] With above directions, the Application stands disposed of. (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE) (S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J.)