The State Of Andhra Pradesh Irrigation And Cad Department Thr. Its Principal Secretary vs. The State Of Karnataka Vidhan South Thr. Its Chief Secretary

SLP(C) 3076-79/14

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ITEM NO.10 COURT NO.5 SECTION XIV

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) Nos.3076-3079/2014

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 29/11/2013 in RP No. 1/2011,29/11/2013 in RP No. 2/2011,29/11/2013 in RP No. 3/2011,29/11/2013 in RP No.4/2011 passed)

STATE OF A.P Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF KARNATAKA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With appln. (s) for directions and exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and permission to file additional documents and interim relief and office report)

WITH S.L.P.(C) No.10498/2011 (With appln.(s) for stay and office report) S.L.P.(C) No.7457-7460/2014 (With appln.(s) for exemption from filing c/c of the impugned judgment and appln.(s) for permission to file lengthy list of dates and office report) S.L.P.(C) No.33671/2014 (With appln.(s) for permission to file SLP and Office Report) S.L.P.(C) No.33623-33626/2014 (With appln.(s) for permission to file SLP and Office Report)

Date: 27/03/2015 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAFULLA C. PANT

For Petitioner(s)	Mr. A.K. Ganguli, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
	Mr. G. Umapathi, Adv.
	Mr. G. Pramod Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. F.S. Nariman, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Anil B. Divan, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. S.S. Javali, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Mohan V. Katarki, Adv.

Mr. S.C. Sharma, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kalappa, Adv. Mr. Gurudatta Ankolekar, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh, Adv. Mr. Krishnamurthi Swami, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. F.S. Nariman, Sr. Adv. For Karnataka Mr. Anil B. Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. S.S. Javali, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mohan V. Katarki, Adv. Mr. S.C. Sharma, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Brijesh Kalappa, Adv. Mr. Gurudatta Ankolekar, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sanghi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Wasim A Quadri, Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rawat, Adv. Mr. Zaid Ali, Adv. Mr. R.S. Nagar, Adv. Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR For Telangana Mr. C.S. Vaidhyanathan, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. Swami, Adv. Ms. Prabha Swami, Adv. For Maharashtra Mr. T.R. Andhyarujina, Sr. Adv. Mr. D. M. Nargolkar, AOR Mr. Soumik Ghosal, Adv. Mr. Krishnamurthi Swami, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R This Court on 11th March, 2015, had passed the following order:

"As a last opportunity, counter affidavits, where not already filed, be filed within four weeks.

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Rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks thereafter.

Counsel for the parties state that these petitions are appropriately be heard along with S.L.P.(C) Nos.10498 of 2011, 3076-79, 7457-60, 33671, 33623-33626 of 2015. Ordered accordingly."

Regard being had to the aforesaid order, the pleadings shall be completed within a span of three weeks from today. It is hereby made clear that none of the parties shall be granted any extension for completion of the pleadings, for we are of the considered opinion that such kind of disputes should be put to rest at the earliest. If the time frame is not followed, the rights to file counter affidavit or rejoinder affidavit shall stand foreclosed. Needless to emphasize, this Court has a sacrosanct constitutional duty to deal with such lis in quite promptitude.

Learned counsel appearing for the States undertake that they will not seek adjournment. If any counsel is absent for some reason, the State shall make alternative arrangements to put forth their arguments.

Learned counsel for the parties undertake to file written notes/submissions, which would briefly state/indicate actual/real grievances and the proposition of law and the note of submissions should not exceed three pages. We have restricted it to three pages as there is a concession at the

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Bar in that regard.

Let all the matters be listed on 29th April, 2015. As agreed to by the learned counsel for the parties, it shall be taken up as the first case on the Board.

(Chetan Kumar)	(H.S. Parashar)
Court Master	Court Master

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