1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.3663 OF 2009 Shiveshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Waki, Through it’s President Tukaram s/o Bandu Wagh, Age 45 years, Occu. Service, R/o Waki, Tq. Kannad, Dist. Aurangabad ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through it’s Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32 2. The Director of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune 3. The Deputy Director Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad 4. The Education Officer (Higher Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr S.S. Thombre, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr V.H. Dighe, AGP for respondents. 2 WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3664 OF 2009 Shiveshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Waki, Through it’s President Tukaram s/o Bandu Wagh, Age 45 years, Occu. Service, R/o Waki, Tq. Kannad, Dist. Aurangabad ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through it’s Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32 2. The Director of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune 3. The Deputy Director Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad 4. The Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr S.S. Thombre, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr V.H. Dighe, AGP for respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3665 OF 2009 Shiveshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Waki, Through it’s President Tukaram s/o Bandu Wagh, Age 45 years, Occu. Service, R/o Waki, Tq. Kannad, Dist. Aurangabad ..PETITIONER 3 VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through it’s Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32 2. The Director of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune 3. The Deputy Director Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad 4. The Education Officer (Higher Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr S.S. Thombre, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr V.H. Dighe, AGP for respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.3666 OF 2009 Shiveshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Waki, Through it’s President Tukaram s/o Bandu Wagh, Age 45 years, Occu. Service, R/o Waki, Tq. Kannad, Dist. Aurangabad ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through it’s Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32 4 2. The Director of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune 3. The Deputy Director Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad 4. The Education Officer (Higher Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Aurangabad ..RESPONDENTS Mr S.S. Thombre, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr V.H. Dighe, AGP for respondents. CORAM: P.V. HARDAS AND R.K.DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 19th JUNE, 2009. ORAL JUDGMENT: [PER P.V. HARDAS, J.] Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties these petitions are heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. Since the nature of relief which is sought for by the petitioners in all these petitions is similar, according to us these petitions can be decided by this common judgment. 3. Undisputedly the petitioners herein had submitted a proposal to the respondents seeking permission to open Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools in Aurangabad District on permanent non grant basis pursuant to an advertisement which was published in the local newspaper. 5 According to the petitioners, the aforesaid proposals are pending consideration before the respondents and have not been decided. Shri Thombre, learned Counsel for the petitioners that the only relief which the petitioners are seeking in these petitions is to direct the respondents to expeditiously decide the pending proposals of the petitioners. In the light of the limited relief which is sought for by the petitioners in these petitions, we deem it appropriate to decide these petitions finally at the stage of admission. 4. Undisputedly the said proposals are pending consideration before the respondents and have not been decided though they were submitted sometime in May, 2008. In the light of that, therefore, we direct the respondents to decide the said proposals in accordance with law, within six weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. 5. Rule is made absolute in these petitions on the terms indicated above with no order as to costs. [ R.K. DESHPANDE, J ] [ P.V. HARDAS, J ] amj/wp3663.09 6