Gulmohar Area Societies Welfare Group And 3 Others v. Municipal Corporation Of Greater Bombay And 5 Others

Sharayu.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2476 OF 2015 WITH CHAMBER SUMMONS NO. 180 of 2016 AND NOTICE OF MOTION (L) NO. 503 OF 2017 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2476 OF 2015 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1760 OF 2017 WITH NOTICE OF MOTION (L) NO. 502 OF 2017 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 1760 OF 2017 Gulmohar Area Societies Welfare Group & Ors.

...Petitioners

Versus

Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay & Ors.

...Respondents

---------- Ms. Shreya Parikh, a/w Ms. Aparajita Sen, Ms. Sujata More, i/b M/s. Desai Desai Carimjee & Mulla, for the Petitioner. 1/3

Mr. Ashish Singh, i/b DSK Legal, for the Respondent No. 5 in WP/1760/17 & for Respondent No. 6 in WP/2476/15. ---------- CORAM :

SMT. VASANTI A NAIK AND RIYAZ I. CHAGLA, JJ.

DATE : 6 October 2017 ORDER :

Not on board. Taken on board.

The learned Counsel for the respondent No. 6 in writ petition No. 2476 of 2015 and the respondent No. 5 in writ petition (L) No. 1760 of 2017 states that inadvertently, costs of Rs. 2,00,000/- could not be deposited with the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority as per the directions in the judgment and order dated 19 July 2017. It is stated that the demand draft for the said amount is ready with the respondent No. 6 and respondent No. 5 respectively in the aforesaid writ petitions and they are willing to deposit the amount in the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority immediately. A 2/3

prayer is made for extending the time to deposit the amount. Since the prayer is formal and since the aforesaid respondents are desirous of depositing the said amount with the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority immediately, we permit the respondent No. 6 and respondent No. 5 respectively to deposit the amount till Monday i.e. 9 October 2017. In view of the aforesaid order, the learned Counsel for the respondent No. 6 in writ petition No. 2476 of 2015 and the respondent No. 5 in writ petition (L) No. 1760 of 2017 seeks permission to withdraw the two notices of motion and one chamber summons that are lodged. Permission is granted. The notices of motion and the chamber summons are disposed of as withdrawn.

[RIYAZ I. CHAGLA J.] [SMT. VASANTI A NAIK, J.] 3/3