-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5947 OF 2008 Caxton House Properties Pvt. Ltd. .. Petitioner. Vs. The Board of Trustees of Port of Mumbai & Anr. .. Respondents. Mr.Rajiv Waglay alongwith Mr.K.P.Anilkumar for the petitioner. Mr.E.P.Bharucha, Senior Advocate alongwith Mr.Parag Kandahar i/b M/s.Mulla & Mulla for respondent no.1 & 2. CORAM : S.B.MHASE & D.B.BHOSALE, JJ. CORAM : S.B.MHASE & D.B.BHOSALE, JJ. CORAM : S.B.MHASE & D.B.BHOSALE, JJ. DATED : 15TH JANUARY, 2009. DATED : 15TH JANUARY, 2009. DATED : 15TH JANUARY, 2009. PC: PC: PC: . The order under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 has been passed against the petitioner. This order is challenged in this petition by the petitioner, however, he has already made a representation to the Joint Secretary (Ports) Ministry of Shipping, New Delhi, requesting the Board of Trustees to consider proposal made by the petitioner for compromise/settlement with utmost sympathy since shelter, bread and butter of hundreds of people is directly depending on the business carried on in the offices located in Caxton House and, therefore, he submits that he did not desire to prosecute the writ petition and seeks liberty to withdraw the petition. -2- He further submits that the directions may be given to the concerned authority to consider his representation as early as possible and within a period of six weeks. Mr.Bharucha, learned senior counsel appears for the respondents and states that the respondent will not execute the order for a period of eight weeks from today and will allow the petitioner to prosecute the said representation before the concerned authority. In view of this we pass the following order: . The petitioner is granted leave to withdraw this petition. However, we hope that the Joint Secretary (Ports) Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, New Delhi, will endeavour to dispose of the representation of the petitioner within six weeks from today. The statement in respect of not to execute the order for a period of eight weeks is hereby recorded and accepted. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. (D.B.BHOSALE,J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE,J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE,J.) (S.B.MHASE, J.)