Appellate consideration deferred after respondents undertook to decide the appeal and related application, with liberty to seek restoration.

The High Court disposed of the petition on the basis of the respondents' statement that the appeal and accompanying application would be taken up and decided by the appellate authority. Liberty was reserved to the petitioner to seek restoration if the matter was not decided as indicated, leaving the substantive dispute to be considered at the appellate stage.

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Outcome: The petition was disposed of in terms of the respondents' statement that the appeal and the accompanying application would be taken up and decided by the appellate authority, with liberty to the petitioner to seek restoration if the matter was not decided as indicated.

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