1 ssp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6489 OF 2010 Ispat Industries Ltd. & Anr. ...Petitioners vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors ...Respondents Mr.V.A.Thorat, Sr.Counsel a/w Mr.S.K.Srivastav & Manorama Mohanty i/b M/s.S.K.Srivastav & Co. for the petitioners Mr.Suresh Bhosale, A.G.P for State CORAM :A.S.OKA,J. DATE : AUGUST 23, 2010 P.C. 1 Heard the learned senior counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.G.P for the respondents. One of the grievance made in this petition is that though statutory appeal preferred by the petitioners is pending, an application for interim relief has not been disposed of by the Appellate Authority. On 12th August 2010, this Court has granted ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (f). 2 Instead of keeping the petition pending, interests of justice will be served if the appeal itself is directed to be decided finally within a time bound schedule. Hence, the petition is disposed of by passing the following order : i) The Appellate Authority shall finally dispose of the appeal within a period of 8 weeks from today. The appeal shall be decided on its own merits without being influenced by grant of ad-interim /interim 2 relief by this Court. ii)Ad-interim relief granted by this Court on 12th August 2010 will continue to operate till the final disposal of the appeal. iii)In the event, the order of the Appellate Authority is adverse to the petitioners, interim relief granted by this Court will continue to operate for a period of two weeks from the date on which order of the Appellate Authority is communicated to the petitioners. JUDGE