12-IA-7024-2026.DOC IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 7024 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 18005 OF 2024 Vaishali Sunil Desai ...Applicant/Petitioner Versus The Chief Executive Officer & Ors. ...Respondents _______ Mr. Mahendra Agvekar a/w Shraddha Chavan for Applicant. Mr. S. H. Kankal, AGP for Respondent-State. Mr. Sandeep Mishra a/w Madhura Mulay for Respondent No.1. _______ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ. DATE: 07th SEPTEMBER 2026 P.C. 1. By this interim application, the applicant/petitioner has prayed for restoration of the writ petition, which came to be dismissed for want of prosecution, as the petitioner was not represented when the matter was called out. 2. We have perused the averments as made in the interim application. 3. Considering the averments as made in the interim application, it is in the interest of justice that the application is granted. It is accordingly granted. Order dated 19th August 2026 is set aside. The petition is restored to the file of this Court. 4. Interim Application, accordingly, stands allowed. 5. Let the reply affidavit to the petition be filed within a period of two weeks from today. 6. Writ petition be listed on 28th September 2026 for admission. (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J) (G. S. KULKARNI, J.) Ajit AJIT RAMESH PATHRIKAR Digitally signed by AJIT RAMESH PATHRIKAR Date: 2026.09.08 10:21:00 +0530