1 wp7914.sxw ssp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7914 OF 2010 M/s.K.Raheja Corp.Pvt.Ltd. & Anr. ...Petitioners vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Dr.Veerendra Tulzapurkar, Senior Counsel with Mr.Suresh Gupte with Mr.arjun Motwani and Mr.A.A.Nabar i/b Hariani & Co.for the petitioners Mr.P.K.Dhakephalkar a/w Mr.P.K.Shroff a/w Mr.D.V.Deokar a/w Mr.Himanshu Mahajan and Amruta Ghone i/b Mr.Ivar D cruz for respondent nos. 2 to 5 Ms P.S.Cardozo for the respondent Nos.1, 6 and 7. CORAM :A.S.OKA,J. DATE : NOVEMBER 24,2010 P.C. 1 Heard the learned senior counsel for the petitioners, learned senior counsel for respondent nos.2 to 5 and learned A.G.P appearing for respondent nos.1, 6 7. 2 The learned counsel for respondent nos.2 to 5 who are the contesting respondents states that as the grievance of the petitioners is that oral submissions were not heard by the Appellate Authority, the said respondents have no objection if the impugned order is set aside and the appeal is ordered to be heard afresh. He submits that the parties be directed to maintain status quo till the disposal of the appeal. The suggestion is reasonable which deserves to be accepted. 2 Hence, I pass the following order : 2 wp7914.sxw i) Impugned order dated 21st May 2010 is quashed and set aside and the appeal preferred by the petitioners is restored to the file of the State Government. ii)Parties are directed to appear before the Appellate Authority on Tuesday 14th December 2010 at 11.00 a.m only for the purpose of fixing the date of hearing. iii)The Appellate Authority is directed to give an opportunity to the parties of making oral submissions. iv)The appeal shall be decided afresh as expeditiously as possible and preferably before the 10th February 2011. v) The order of status quo passed by the Appellate Authority will continue to operate till the appeal is decided finally. vi)All contentions of the parties on merits of the appeal are kept open. vii)The Appellate Authority to act upon an authenticated copy of this order. JUDGE