1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7154 OF 2008 DIST.: PUNE Vilas Subhash Ekbote ...Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. Mr. A.V. Anturkar i/by Mr. S.B. Deshmukh for the Petitioner Mr. V.S. Masurkar, Government Pleader, with Mr. P.M. Patil, Additional Government Pleader, for the State Mr. R.G. Ketkar for Respondents No. 3 and 4 Mr. Amol Parlikar for Respondent No. 6. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and J.H. BHATIA, JJ. DATE: NOVEMBER 11, 2008 P.C.:- The grievance of the petitioner was that the direction to create the post of Battiwala has been followed by respondent No.3, but it has been stayed by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on the request of respondent No. 5. It appears from the petition that a letter was sent by respondent No. 5 to the High Court Registrar. This letter was purported 2 to have been written on instruction of respondent No. 6. The learned counsel for respondent No. 6 states that he has never given any such instruction. 2. The alleged order of the learned Chief Minister dated 13th August, 2008 has been sent to the Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune. On instructions, the learned counsel appearing for the Municipal Corporation, Pune, submits that no such letter was ever received by the Municipal Corporation, since such a letter was never issued by the Chief Minister, and the selection proces was not stayed. In fact, the eligible candidates would be called for interview on 29th November, 2008, and the petitioner is one of such candidates who would be called for interview. 3. In this view of the matter, we do not think that any orders are needed to be passed in this petition. It is accordingly dismissed. 4. Nobody appears for respondent No. 5. In view of the stand taken by the learned counsel for respondent No. 6, and also the Municipal Corporation that no letter was ever issued by 3 the Chief Minister staying the selection, therefore, we direct the Government to conduct an inquiry into the matter, and see that persons, who had fabricated the letter and attributed to the Chief Minister, are brought to book in accordance with law. BILAL NAZKI, J. J.H. BHATIA, J.