(1) wp2980-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 2980 OF 2011 Bharat Baburao Shinde PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. M.S. Kokate, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. Mr. S.S. Dambe, advocate for respondent Nos. 3 and 4. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 1566 OF 2011 Dilip Damodhar Jagtap and others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. M.S. Kokate, advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. Mr. S.S. Dambe, advocate for respondent Nos. 2 to 4. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 3140 OF 2011 Santosh Pralhad Sagare & others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. M.S. Kokate, advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. Mr. S.S. Dambe, advocate for respondent Nos. 3 and 4. .... (2) wp2980-11 WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 3139 OF 2011 Subhash Maruti Chaure and others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. M.S. Kokate, advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. Mr. S.S. Dambe, advocate for respondent Nos. 3 and 4. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 3141 OF 2011 Dipak s/o Ramnarayan Khetre PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. M.S. Kokate, advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.B. Patil, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. Mr. S.S. Dambe, advocate for respondent Nos. 3 and 4. .... CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 21st APRIL, 2011 [Writ Petition Nos.1566/2011, 3140/2011,3139/2011 and 3141/2011 - Mentioned - Not on Board] ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset, submits that this Court has disposed of few (3) wp2980-11 petitions with similar prayer and identical facts. He placed one of such order on record, dated 31st March, 2011, passed in Writ Petition Nos. 10933/2010, 11109/2010, 122/2011, 127/2011 and 1998/2011, and submitted that similar order may be passed in these five writ petitions also. Learned counsel for the respondent - Zilla Parishad has no objection for disposing of this group of writ petitions also in terms of the order dated 31st March, 2011, passed in above-mentioned writ petitions. Hence, we pass the following order. "Every individual petitioner is allowed to make a representation to the Chief Executive Officer of the respective Zilla Parishad, for the prayer, as made in the present writ petitions, with all the supporting documents and more particularly, the judgement of this Court dated 13th October, 2010 in a group of three writ petitions (W.P. Nos. 2254/2010, 4447/2010 and 4449/2010), within a period of four weeks from today. If the representations, as aforementioned, are made (4) wp2980-11 by the petitioners, the Chief Executive Officer of the respective Zilla Parishad to consider their representations on merits in accordance with law and in the light of the observations made by this Court in the judgement dated 13th October, 2010 in a group of aforementioned three writ petitions, as expeditiously as possible and preferably, within a period of six months from the date of receipt of their representations. The Chief Executive Officers to pass separate speaking order on every representation made by the petitioners in this group of writ petitions, and communicate the same to the respective petitioner, within a period of two weeks from the date of passing the final order. If, for any reason, the Chief Executive Officer is not inclined to allow the petitioner's representation for the prayer made therein, he shall give an opportunity of being heard to such petitioner before passing the final order. All contentions of (5) wp2980-11 the parties are kept open. It is also open to the petitioners to place, alongwith the representation, a copy of the writ petition/s with all annexures thereto and the reply-affidavits with all annexures thereto, before the concerned Chief Executive Officer. With these observations, all the writ petitions are disposed of." [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] NPJ/wp2980-11