1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 1836 OF 2008 (Suresh Prabhakar Sonkusare and another .v. State of Maharashtra and others) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. 19TH AUGUST, 2008 Heard Shri C.S. Samudra, the learned Counsel for the petitioners, Shri A.G. Mujumdar, the learned AGP for the respondent Nos.1 and and Shri G.G. Mishra, the learned Counsel for the respondent No.3. The learned Counsel for the petitioners has submitted that in the present petition, the petitioners are seeking direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for grant of deemed date of promotion in the cadre of Superintendent basically with effect from 16.03.1999 and consequently in the cadre of Section Officer with effect from 11.09.2002, since these are the dates on which the junior to the petitioners, namely, Shri Mahagaonkar came to be promoted on those posts in those cadres. The learned Counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are already made representations dated 28.02.2008 to the Chief Officer, 2 Zilla Parishad, Akola, which are pending for decision. In the circumstances, Shri G.G. Mishra, the learned Counsel for the Zilla Parishad states that if the above referred representations of the petitioners are not yet decided, the same shall be decided as per the directions of this Court. In the circumstances, we dispose of the petition with a direction to the Chief Officer, Zilla Parishad, Akola to decide the above referred representations of the petitioners, if not decided earlier, on their own merits, according to law and procedure applicable in this regard, as early as possible and in any case within a period of six weeks from today by giving reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioners. Writ petition stands disposed of as such. JUDGE JUDGE *rrg.