1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2154 OF 2008 Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika and anr. ...Petitioners v/s Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and anr. ...Respondents Mr K.K. Singhavi, Sr. Counsel with Dr Milind Sathe, Sr. Counsel i/b Mr D.R. Shah for Petitioners. Mr A.G. Damle for Respondent No.1. Mr Nitin Jamdar for Respondent No.2. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH AND R.S. MOHITE JJ. DATE : 15TH JUNE 2009. 2 P.C. :- 1. The learned counsel appearing for the Bar Council of India states that the representations if any submitted by the petitioners, pending before the Bar Council of India, shall be decided by the Bar Council of India in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible and in any case within a period of one year from today. 2. We have been informed that the present practice of permitting employees of the Corporation to appear in Court is in force right from the year 1961. Though it has been discontinued in the year 2002, as a matter of fact these employees have been appearing in Court as Advocates because of the statement made on behalf of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. Considering the volume of litigation pending in various Courts filed by the Bombay Municipal Corporation and against it and considering the number of years for which the 3 practice is prevalent, we suggested to the learned counsel appearing for Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa that as a transitory period, assuming that the representations made to the Bar Council of India do not receive favourable response, the practice be allowed to be continued. The leaned counsel appearing for the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa therefore made a statement before us that the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa will continue to abide by the statement which is already made and recorded previously in this petition for a period of one year from today. In view of this statement, petition is disposed off. Parties to act on the copy of this order duly authenticated by the Associate / Private Secretary of this Court. Certified copy expedited. ( JUSTICE D.K. DESHMUKH ) ( JUSTICE R.S. MOHITE )