903- WP 847 of 2022.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 847 OF 2022 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 30194 OF 2022 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 847 OF 2022 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. … Petitioner vs. Prabhakar Dattatray Karandikar and Anr. … Respondents Mr. S.R. Page a/w. Archana Joglekar for Petitioner (BPCL). Mr. Manish Kelkar a/w. Ms. Gauri Phadake a/w. Shilpa Joshi for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. CORAM : GAURI GODSE, J. DATED : 19th DECEMBER 2025 ORDER: 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw this petition with liberty to file an appeal as the impugned order would be appealable. 2. Leave granted. 3. The Writ Petition is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to file appropriate proceedings as permissible in law. 4. It is clarified that the petitioner would be entitled to seek Page no. 1 of 2 vatikam 903- WP 847 of 2022.doc benefit of the period of pendency of this petition for seeking condonation of delay in the proposed proceedings. 5. All the rival contentions of the parties are kept open. 6. To enable the learned counsel for the petitioner to take appropriate steps, the ad-interim protection granted in this petition shall continue to operate for three weeks. 7. Interim application is disposed of as infructuous. (GAURI GODSE, J.) Page no. 2 of 2 VAISHALI ANIL TIKAM Digitally signed by VAISHALI ANIL TIKAM Date: 2025.12.20 17:21:29 +0530