1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6696 OF 2007 Jeevan Shikshan Mandal Patne and another. .....Petitioners. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents. ----- Mr. G.M. Salunke for the Petitioners. Mr. A.H. Palekar, AGP for the respondents. ---- CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & V.M. KANADE, JJ. DATE : 8th January, 2008 P.C.: 1. The Petitioner is running a school which, according to the Petitioner, is a recognized school. According to the petitioner, the respondent No.4 is running a school which is not recognized. The petitioner has filed this Petition for direction to the authority to close down that school. 2. In our opinion, at the instance of the petitioner, a direction to the authority to close down the school cannot be issued because, firstly, the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner himself submits that there is no statutory duty caste on any of the Officers of the State to close down the 2 school which is opened without obtaining recognition. In our opinion, because the respondent No.4 is running a rival school, at the instance of the Petitioner direction for closing down that school cannot be issued. Petition is rejected. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)