The State Of Maharashtra General Administration Department The Chief Secretary vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Home Affairs Its Cabinet Secretary

ITEM NO.2 COURT NO.2 SECTION IIIA S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS I.A. NO. 9 & 10 IH ORIGINAL SUIT NO. 4 OF 2004 STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Plaintiff(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s) (Application under Order XXII of the SCR 1966 read with order XI Rule 12 of the CPC and office report ) Date: 28/10/2013 This IA was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.M. LODHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVA KIRTI SINGH For Plaintiff(s) Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav,Adv. Mr. N.V. Charan, Adv. Mr. P.R Tiwari, Adv. Ms. A. Singh, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. F.S. Nariman, Sr. Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy,Adv. Mr. S.C. Sharma, Adv. UOI Mr. A.S Chandhiok, ASG Mr. Vikas Malhotra, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. for Mr. B.K. Prashad, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R I.A. 9 of 2012: Mr. A.S. Chandhiok, learned Additional Solicitor General for the Union of India prays for time to enable the advocate-on-record to respond to I.A. No. 9 of 2012 made by the plaintiff. The application seeks production of documents mentioned in paragraph 3 of the application. Almost 10 months have passed since the application was made by the plaintiff but the Union of India has not yet chosen to respond to this application although their response to the application is necessary. The original suit filed before this Court under Article 131 of the Constitution of India is already pending for more than

possible. Be that as it may, we now direct the respondent No. 1 to respond to the application within four weeks.

eight years and evidence needs to be completed as early as may be

List I.A. No. 9 of 2012 on 10.12.2013.

I.A. No. 10 of 2012:

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Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, learned counsel for the plaintiff

does not press this application. I.A. No. 10 of 2012 is dismissed as not pressed.

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