The State Of Maharashtra. v. Shri Chitur Shankar N. Rangnath

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 648 OF 2013 IN FIRST APPEAL NO.144 OF 1995 The State of Maharashtra .. Applicant

Versus

Shri Chitur Shankar Narayan Rangnathan .. Respondent ...

Mr. A.R.Patil, AGP, for the Applicant -State. CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE, J.

DATED : 13th MARCH 2020 P.C:- 1.

Civil Application No. 648 of 2013 filed by the State seek substituted service to the respondent.

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Perusal of the application disclose that the address of the claimant was informed to be in the State of Karnataka, but when a fresh notice was issued, the envelope with the R.P.A.D. came back with an endorsement "expired'. A statement is made in the application that details of the legal heirs of the deceased Chittur Shankar Narayan Rangnathan are not known. The public notice against such unknown legal heirs would not lie. The learned MM Salgaonkar

2/2 945B CAF 648-13.doc Asstt. Government Pleader therefore seeks the withdrawal of the present application with liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law.

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Civil Application No. 648 of 2013 is disposed of. SMT. BHARATI DANGRE, J MM Salgaonkar