1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5408 OF 2008 Mrs. Sudaxina Dileep Gokhale ... Petitioner. versus The Union of India ...... Respondant. Mr. S.D. Gokhale for the Petitioner. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J., & A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED: 25TH JULY 2008. P.C.: 1. We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. The challenge in this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is to the order dated 23rd June 2008, vide which the learned trial court has rejected the application filed by the present petitioner to pass an ex-parte decree. 2. The argument placed on behalf of the petitioner is that the application ought to have been allowed as the defendants did not appear before the court. In our view, the order dated 23rd June 2008 cannot be questioned by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner is at liberty to 2 take such other appropriate steps in accordance with the law. The petition is accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE A.P. DESHPANDE, J.