IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO.4386 OF 2016

UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Appellants

VERSUS

K. L. MEHANDIRATTA & ORS. Respondents

O R D E R

According to the office report dated 20.11.2019, though the application for substitution to bring on record legal representatives of deceased respondent no.16 has been preferred, no application for setting aside abatement has been filed nor any death certificate of the deceased respondent has been produced on record.

Learned counsel for the appellant is granted six weeks' time to comply with the office report, failing which the appeal shall be taken to have been dismissed as against respondent no.16.

.................................J. [UDAY UMESH LALIT]

NEW DELHI; DECEMBER 06, 2019.

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

Civil Appeal No.4386/2016

UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Appellant(s)

VERSUS

K. L. MEHANDIRATTA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No.41103/2018 – FOR SUBSTITUTION; IA No.27658/2018 – FOR SUBSTITUTION; and, IA No.41104/2018 – FOR SETTING ASIDE ABATEMENT) Date : 06-12-2019 This matter was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UDAY UMESH LALIT [IN CHAMBERS]

For Appellant(s) Mr. Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

According to the office report dated 20.11.2019, though the application for substitution to bring on record legal representatives of deceased respondent no.16 has been preferred, no application for setting aside abatement has been filed nor any death certificate of the deceased respondent has been produced on record.

Learned counsel for the appellant is granted six weeks' time to comply with the office report, failing which the appeal shall be taken to have been dismissed as against respondent no.16.

(MUKESH NASA) (V.M. BHATNAGAR) COURT MASTER BRANCH OFFICER (Signed Order is placed on the File)