1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.7776 OF 2009 Swami Vivekanand Vidya Prasarak Sanstha, Shirpur, Dist-Dhule. ...PETITIONER. VERSUS Ministry of H.R.D. and others. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Mr.P.B. Patil Advocate for Petitioner. Mr.Alok Sharma, standing counsel for Respondent No.1. ... CORAM: A.M. KHANWILKAR AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 11TH JANUARY, 2010. PER COURT : 1. In this Petition, the Petitioners are questioning the order passed by Respondent No.1 dated 25th September, 2007, however this Petition has been filed on 2nd September, 2009 which is 2 almost after two years. During the course of arguments, learned counsel submitted that the Petitioner took time because the information sought by the Petitioner under Right to Information Act became available to the Petitioner only on 18th March, 2009. That application, according to the learned counsel, was submitted to the authority on 25th February, 2009. Even if that stand is to be entertained, there is nothing in the Writ Petition to even remotely explain as to what prevented the Petitioners from initiating appropriate action between 25th September, 2007 till 25th February, 2009. More so, it is no where explained why the Petitioners took six months time to institute the present Petition even after getting the requisite information on 18th March, 2009. 2. Ordinarily in such situation, the Court will have no option but to dismiss the Petition on the ground of latches. Realizing this position, the counsel for the Petitioner seeks liberty to amend 3 the Petition to give better particulars. Leave to amend is granted. The Petitioner to carry out the amendment within four weeks from today, failing which the Petition shall stand dismissed without further reference to the Court. 3. If the amendment is carried out in time, the Petition be listed on 8th February, 2010. [S.S. SHINDE, J.] [A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.] asb/JAN10/wp7776.09