skc 1 CAW-1616-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1616 OF 2011 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 5686 OF 2007 Sudhakar Naganath Mhatre ..Applicant versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. R. K. Mendadkar for Applicant. Mrs. M. P. Thakur - Assistant Government Pleader for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. CORAM : D. D. SINHA AND SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, JJ. 25 August 2011 P.C. : Heard the learned counsel for the applicant and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondent nos.1 and 2. 2. Civil application no. 1616 of 2011 is filed by the applicant for restoration of the present writ petition. The counsel for the applicant has submitted that during the pendency of the application, the applicant / petitioner has expired and therefore the civil application as well as the writ skc 2 CAW-1616-11 petition both stands abated. 3. In the circumstances, civil application no. 1616 of 2011 as well as the writ petition no. 5686 of 2007 stands disposed of as abated. (D. D. SINHA, J.) (SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, J.)