IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 615 OF 2007 MEDITAB SPECIALTIES PVT. LTD. THROUGH DIRECTOR RAMESH RAMANUJAM ... Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF GOA THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND 6 ORS., ... Respondents Mr. Nitin Sardessai,Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.A.N.S.Nadkarni with Mr.H.D.Naik,Advocates for respondent No.5. Mr.S.S.Kantak,Advocate General with Mrs. L. Dharwadkar, Addl.Govt.Advocate for respondent Nos. 1 to 3 5,6. Coram:- D. B. BHOSALE & N. A. BRITTO, JJ. Date:- 15th January, 2008 P.C. Heard learned Counsels for the parties. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking police protection for carrying out the construction /development work at the SEZ land at Keri, Ponda and to maintain the law and order situation in and around the said SEZ land. The petitioners have also prayed for the direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 3 not to interfere with the construction/ development activities. We are informed by learned Advocate General that during the pendency of this petition the Government has issued the order dated 10.1.2008 against the developers to stop the construction /development activities in the notified area. In view of this order, in our opinion, all the prayers made in the petition have become infructuous. The learned Counsel for the petitioner prayed for 2 weeks time to consider whether to withdraw this writ petition or to amend it challenging the order dated 10.1.2008. In our opinion, time as prayed need not be granted since the petition, as it stands today, has become infructuous and it is always open for the petitioners to challenge the order dated 10.1.2008 by filing independent petition and seek further reliefs. In the circumstances, this petition is disposed of as infructuous. All the contentions in the writ petition are kept open. D. B. BHOSALE, J. N. A. BRITTO, J. SMA