1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6503 OF 2010 Ranganath Madhav Jadhav Age 50 years, Occ. Service, Quality Control Subdivision No.5, Tawarja Colony, Latur. ... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Water Resources Department Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 2. The Superintending Engineer, Quality Control Circle (Sinchan Bhavan) 3. Executive Engineer, Quality Control Division, Upper Penganga Project (UPP), Chaitanya Nagar, Nanded. 4. Deputy Executive Engineer, Quality Control Division, Upper Penganga Project (UPP), Chaitanya Nagar, Nanded. 5. Sub-Divisional Engineer, Quality Control, Sub Section No.5, Tawarja Colony, Latur, Taluka and District Latur ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri K.M. Nagarkar, Advocate for the petitioner Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondents ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 27th July, 2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for directing the respondents to decide the representation/ application of the petitioner dated 15.5.2009 which is said to be pending. In the light of the limited nature of relief which the petitioner has sought for in this petition, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition finally at this stage. 3. In that light of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 15.5.2009, if pending, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)