skt/- 1 40.wp.4756.09.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4756 OF 2009 Mohammed Yakub Haji Ahmed ... Petitioner Vs. Mohammed Umar Abdul Gafoor Khatri ... Respondent ...... Mr.A.N.Samant i/by Mr.B.I.Dalvi for the petitioner. Mr.P.S.Dani i/by M/s.Soloman & Co. for the respondent. ...... CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 3rd MAY, 2010. P.C. 1. Rule. By consent, rule made returnable forthwith. 2. This petition by a landlord questions order passed by the learned Judge, Small Causes Court, Mumbai refusing leave to the landlord to file a written statement in the suit of year 1986. 3. By consent, the learned counsel for the parties state that the reasons may not be given and the petition may be disposed of. 4. Considering the fact that the petitioner is a landlord, and not the tenant, and delay in deciding the suit is not likely to affect the tenant adversely. skt/- 2 40.wp.4756.09.sxw 5. The petition is allowed subject to the petitioner’s payment to the respondent-tenant a sum of Rs.25,000/- on or before 11th June 2010. If the costs are so deposited within the time prescribed, the petitioner’s written statement shall be taken on record. 6. The petition is disposed of. [ R.C.CHAVAN, J. ]