(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 433 OF 2009 The Maharashtra Public Service Commission, Through its Secretary, 3rd Floor, Bank of India Building, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai. .. Petitioner. versus 1. Mrugendra Dhanayya Hiremath, Age : 35 years, Occupation : Service, Resident of : 108, Rimzim, Ulkanageri, Aurangabad, District : Aurangabad. 2. The State of Maharashtra, Through the Department of Food and Drugs Administration, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32. 3. The Secretary, The Department of Food and Drugs Administration, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32. .. Respondents. .......................... Mr. S.P. Shah, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Ajay S. Deshpande, Advocate, for respondent no.1. (2) Mr. S.K. Kadam, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.2 and 3. .......................... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 5TH AUGUST 2009. COURT'S ORDER : 1. By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 15th April 2008, passed by the learned Vice Chairman (J) of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai, Bench at Aurangabad, in Original Application No. 171 of 2008, thereby granting interim relief in favour of respondent no.1. 2. Since the present petition arises out of interlocutory order and since the interim order is operating almost for the last one year and three months, we find that it would be in the interest of justice, to request the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal to dispose of the Original Application itself, on its own merits, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of three months from today. 3. Hence, the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal is requested to dispose of the Original Application No. 171/2008, filed by the respondent no.1 herein, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of three months from today and till then, the interim order passed by the Tribunal, which is impugned in the present petition, shall (3) continue. Needless to state, that the Tribunal, while deciding the Original Application on merit, shall not take into consideration the observations made by it while passing the interim order. 4. With the aforesaid observations, the petition is disposed of. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp433