-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6967 OF 2005 Santosh Vilas Mule and Ors. ..Petitioners Versus Manmad Municipal Council and Ors. ....Respondents. Smt. Anjali Helekar for the petitioners. Mr.B.D. Joshi for respondent No.1. Mr. R.D. Rane, Government Pleader, for respondent Nos. 2 to 4. CORAM: V.G. PALSHIKAR, Ag. C.J., & D.B. BHOSALE, J. DATE: DECEMBER 09, 2005. P.C. The petitioners, by this petition, seek a mandamus directing the first respondent-Municipal Council to consider the claim of the petitioners for appointment on compassionate grounds. 2. Today an affidavit is filed on behalf of respondent No.1- Municipal Council that earlier the Municipal Councils had no power to consider appointments on compassionate grounds. Now, because of certain subsequent circulars issued by the Government of Maharashtra, the Municipal Council do have the power and, therefore, the first respondent-Municipal Council would consider applications made for -2- appointment on compassionate grounds. 3. In this view of the matter, directing the petitioners to approach the first respondent-Municipal Council again, the petition is disposed of.