Judgment

Ruma Pal, J.—Leave granted.

2. The appellant had filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging a notice dated 26th May, 2004 issued by the respondents, calling upon the appellant to remove its hoarding as it was erected in a Heritage Precinct.

3. The impugned notice had been issued pursuant to an order of the High Court dated 5th May, 2004 confirming a report of the Maharashtra Heritage Conservation Committee (set up by the State Government under the Heritage Regulations, 1995 and referred to hereafter as the ‘MHCC’) filed in Writ Petition No. 1132 of 2002. That writ petition had been filed by way of public interest litigation by the added respondent herein. The writ petition had inter alia sought for an order from the High Court directing the removal of hoardings. The High Court had referred the matter to an Expert Committee set up by the High Court. The Expert Committee submitted two lists of hoardings which, according to the Committee, violated the Heritage Regulations for Greater Bombay, 1995. On 19th April, 2003, the High Court granted liberty to the owners of the hoardings to file representations before the MHCC raising any objections that they might ha