Dismissed

Ganesh Chandrakant Sawant and Anr. v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and 2 Ors.

Bombay HC6 Feb 2020WP/576/2020

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What is this about?

Petitioners withdrew the writ petition challenging the Estate Officer's rejection of an application for a summons, retaining the right to contest a future eviction order in the main proceedings under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to raise contentions in the challenge to the eviction order.

Ganesh Chandrakant Sawant and Anr. Vs Bharat… — Writ and Judicial Review | Bombay HC (2020)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

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ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

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 WRIT PETITION (L) NO.288 OF 2020

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Ganesh Chandrakant Sawant And Anr....Petitioners

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vs

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited And 2 Ors....Respondents

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Mr. Shoaib Memon, a/w. Mr. Ansari Ayaz Ahmed and Ms. Zuba Bubere,
for the Petitioners.

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Mr. Pankaj Sawant, Senior Advocate, a/w. Mr. Roop Basu, i/b. M/s. The
Law Point, for Respondent No.1.

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CORAM : S.C. GUPTE, J.

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 DATED: 06 FEBRUARY, 2020

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P.C. :

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.This petition challenges an order passed by the Estate
Officer under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants)
Act, 1971 (“Act”). The impugned order was passed on an application
made by the Petitioners herein under Section 8 of the Act for issuance of
a summons to produce evidence. The Estate Officer has rejected the
application. The rejection is challenged in the present writ petition.

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2.After the matter is heard at some length, learned Counsel
for the Petitioners seeks leave to withdraw the writ petition with liberty

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to take up all contentions, which form the subject matter of the present
petition, in a challenge to the order of eviction, if any, eventually passed
against his clients in the proceedings before the Estate Officer. Writ
petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed.

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( S.C. GUPTE, J. )

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Digitally signed by Smita Smita Gonsalves Gonsalves Date: 2020.02.1112:57:37 +0530

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Ganesh Chandrakant Sawant and Anr. v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and 2 Ors.

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