sat 1 WP 727-2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 727 OF 2011 Tanaji Maruti Shinde ...Petitioner vs. United India Insurance Co.Ltd. & Ors. ...Respondents Ms.Manali Karandikar i/b. Ms.Neha P. Bhide for the Petitioner. Mr.V.Y. Sanglikar for the Respondents. CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE AND M.L. TAHALIYANI, JJ. OCTOBER 3, 2011 P.C :- 1 This petition is directed against the orders dated 29th June, 2009 and 4th August, 2010 passed by the respondent no.3-the Disciplinary Authority and respondent no.2-the Appellate Authority, respectively, whereby the penalty of reduction in basic pay imposed against the petitioner by three steps stands confirmed. 2 Mr.Sanglikar, learned Counsel for the respondents at the outset invited my attention to Rule 40 of The General Insurance (Conduct, Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1975 and submitted that under this provision, a sat 2 WP 727-2011 remedy of approaching to the Chairman-cum-Managing Director is provided for and if the petitioner addresses a memorial to the Chairman-cum-Managing Director within a period of four weeks from today, it shall be decided on merits,, in accordance with law and expeditiously. 3 Having confronted with this, Ms.Karandikar, learned Counsel for the petitioner prays for withdrawal of this writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach under Rule 40 of the CDA Rules, 1975 and seeks direction to the Chairman-cum-Managing Director to decide the petitioner's memorial within time frame. 4 Having considered the submissions of the learned Counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that this petition can be conveniently disposed of by the following order :- 1) It is open to the petitioner to address the memorial to the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of respondent no.1 within a period of four weeks from today. sat 3 WP 727-2011 2) If the petitioner addresses the memorial as aforementioned, the Chairman-cum-Managing Director shall decide the same on merits, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of the receipt of the memorial. 5 With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (M.L. TAHALIYANI, J.) (D.B. BHOSALE, J.)