1 srk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Appellate Side Civil Application No.1850 of 2005 In Writ Petition No.6191 of 2001 Bhagwan B. Kavathekar Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & ors. Respondents Mr.Uday Warunjikar for applicant. Ms.P.S.Cardozo for resp.no.1. Mrs.Manjula Rao for resp.nos.3 to 6. CORAM: B.H.MARLAPALLE & SMT.ROSHAN S. DALVI,JJ. August 10, 2009. P.C. 1. Heard Mr.Warunjikar, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Mrs.Rao appears for respondent nos.3 to 6 and the learned AGP appears for the respondent no.1. Writ Petition No. 6191 of 2001 challenges the judgment and order dated 30/7/2001 rendered by the Additional Commissioner, Pune Division, Pune in Appeal No.(ULC) 1914/99 filed under Section 33 of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and the said petition was filed by Shri Bhagwan B. Kavthekar in his capacity as the Administrator of late Sir Chintamanrao 2 Patwardhan, former Ruler of Sangli Princely State. It appears that Mr.Kavthekar was appointed as the Manager of the estate in Misc. Application No.6 of 1965 and in the said proceedings application at Exhibit 62 came to be filed for changing the Administrator and appointing Mr.Balkishan Nathmal Jaju as the Administrator in place of Mr.Kavathekar. Reply at Exhibit 73 was filed opposing the application and also praying to defer the same till Writ Petition No.6191 of 2001 was decided by this Court. However, the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division at Sangli was pleased to pass his order on 21/12/2002 appointing Mr.Balkishan Nathmal Jaju as an Administrator of the estate as he was already the Manager of Ganpati Panchayatan Trust and this order was passed when Mr.Kavathekar was alive. Mr.Warunjikar has placed on record a copy of the death certificate issued by the Sangli Miraj Kupwad City Corporation and as per the same Mr.Kavathekar died on 28/11/2003 and the instant application has been moved on 23rd April 2003 and sole based on the order passed by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division at Sangli and which order has remained unchallenged. 2. Hence the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). Petition memo in Writ Petition No.6191 of 2001 be 3 amended within one week. 3. Writ Petition No.6191 of 2001 along with Writ Petition No. 4783 of 2004 be listed for final hearing in the week commencing from 5th October 2009. (SMT.ROSHAN S. DALVI,J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE,J.)