bsb IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 640 OF 2008 PETITION NO. 640 OF 2008 PETITION NO. 640 OF 2008 M/s.Ganesh Towers Co-op. Housing Society Ltd. ... Petitioner V/s The Divl. Joint Registrar of Co-op. Societies & ors. ... Respondents Mr.Sagar Joshi for the petitioner. Mr.V.S.Masurkar, Govt. Pleader for Resp.Nos.1 and 2. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: J.N.PATEL AND J.N.PATEL AND J.N.PATEL AND SMT.NISHITA SMT.NISHITA SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. MHATRE, JJ. MHATRE, JJ. DATED: DATED: DATED: 1ST FEBRUARY, 2008. 1ST FEBRUARY, 2008. 1ST FEBRUARY, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C.: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. This petition can be disposed of at the stage of admission itself. 3. The petitioner is claiming a writ of mandamus to the right of respondent No.1 to decide Appeal No.2 of 2008 filed by the petitioner expeditiously, in accordance with law, preferably within a period of four weeks. 4. The reason insisted for expeditious disposal of the 2 appeal is that the appeal authority has not granted any interim orders and if the appeal is not decided without an interim order being granted, then the appeal itself would become infructuous. He further submits that even the charge from the Body has not been taken. 5. We, therefore, dispose of this petition with direction to the respondent No.1 to decide the appeal as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order. The order to be communicated to the appeallate authority. 6. We make it clear that, in case the appeal authority is not in a position to dispose of the appeal within the stipulated period, it would pass appropriate orders if interim relief is sought for by the petitioners for grant of stay so that status-quo is preserved. 7. With these directions and observations, the petition stands disposed of. (J.N. (J.N. (J.N. PATEL, J.) PATEL, J.) PATEL, J.) 3 (SMT.NISHITA (SMT.NISHITA (SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J.) MHATRE, J.) MHATRE, J.)