1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6646 OF 2010 Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Ahmedpur, Taluka Ahmedpur, District Latur, through its President ... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, School Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. The Director of Education. Maharashtra State, Pune. 3. The Deputy Director of Education, Latur Region, Latur. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri V.D. Gunale, Advocate for the petitioner Shri S.K. Tambe, A.G.P. for respondents. ..... W I T H WRIT PETITION NO.6647 OF 2010 Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Ahmedpur, Taluka Ahmedpur, District Latur, through its President ... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, School Education Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2 2. The Director of Education. Maharashtra State, Pune. 3. The Deputy Director of Education, Latur Region, Latur. 4. The Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Latur ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri V.D. Gunale, Advocate for the petitioner Shri S.K. Tambe, A.G.P. for respondents. ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 27th July, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V. HARDAS, J.): 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, these petitions are heard finally at the stage of admission and are decided by this common judgment since the relief claimed for in both the petitions is similar. 2. According to the petitioner, the proposals submitted by the petitioner on 12.5.2008, seeking permission to open school in Marathi medium is pending. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to allow this petition and accordingly, allow these petitions and direct the respondents to decide the proposals of the petitioner, if 3 pending, in accordance with law, within period of two months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.)