1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2748 of 1994 1] Kisan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Udgir through its secretary. 2] Mahatma Phule Prathamic Vidyalaya, Ahmedpur, through its Head Master. Petitioners Versus 1] The Zilla Parishad, Latur through its Education Officer. 2] The Director of Education M.S. Pune. 3] The Dy. Director of Education Aurangabad. 4] The State of Maharashtra through the Secretary, Education and Employment Department, Mantralaya, Bombay-32. Respondents Mr. Ajay Deshpande, Advocate holding for Mrs. Manjusha Deshpande, Advocate for petitioners Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mrs. Asha Rasal, Advocate for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2752 OF 1994 1] Liberal Education Society, Udgir through its Secretary 2] Jambhoor Urdu Medium School, 2 Udgir, through its Head Master. . Petitioners Versus 1] The Zilla Parishad, Latur through its Education Officer. 2] The Director of Education M.S. Pune. 3] The Dy. Director of Education Aurangabad. 4] The State of Maharashtra through the Secretary, Education and Employment Department, Mantralaya, Bombay-32. Respondents Mr. Ajay Deshpande, Advocate holding for Mrs. Manjusha Deshpande, Advocate for petitioners Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mrs. Asha Rasal, Advocate for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4. WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2711 OF 1994 1] Shyamlal Memorial Education Society, Udgir, throug its Secretary 2] Shyamlal Memoral Prathamik Vidya Mandir, Udgir, Arya Samaj Dayanand Marg, Udgir through its Head Master. .. Petitioner Versus 1] The Zilla Parishad, Latur through its Education Officer. 3 2] The Director of Education M.S. Pune. 3] The Dy. Director of Education Aurangabad. 4] The State of Maharashtra through the Secretary, Education and Employment Department, Mantralaya, Bombay-32. Respondents Mr. Ajay Deshpande, Advocate holding for Mrs. Manjusha Deshpande, Advocate for petitioners Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mrs. Asha Rasal, Advocate for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4. with WRIT PETITION NO. 2716 OF 1994 1] Kisan Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Udgir through its secretary. 2] Vidya Vardhini Prathamik Shala (Marathi) Udgir, through its Head Master. Petitioners Versus 1] The Zilla Parishad, Latur through its Education Officer. 2] The Director of Education M.S. Pune. 3] The Dy. Director of Education Aurangabad. 4 4] The State of Maharashtra through the Secretary, Education and Employment Department, Mantralaya, Bombay-32. Respondents Mr. Ajay Deshpande, Advocate holding for Mrs. Manjusha Deshpande, Advocate for petitioners Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mrs. Asha Rasal, Advocate for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4. with WRIT PETITION NO. 2715 OF 1994 1] Bharat Liberal Education Society Udgir, through its Secretary 2] Sangram Smarak Prathamic Vidya Mandir, Udgir, through its Head Master. ..Petitioners Versus 1] The Zilla Parishad, Latur through its Education Officer. 2] The Director of Education M.S. Pune. 3] The Dy. Director of Education Aurangabad. 4] The State of Maharashtra through the Secretary, Education and Employment Department, Mantralaya, Bombay-32. Respondents 5 Mr. Ajay Deshpande, Advocate holding for Mrs. Manjusha Deshpande, Advocate for petitioners Mr. N.B. Patil, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mrs. Asha Rasal, Advocate for the respondent Nos. 2 to 4. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA,JJ. DATE : 14TH JUNE, 2010. PER COURT : 1] It is not in dispute that the facts in the present petitions are identical with the facts in Writ Petition No. 3498/1991, which has been decided by this court, vide its judgment and order dated 17th August, 2002, alongwith companion petitions. 2] The learned counsel for the Zilla Parishad also does not dispute that the facts of the present petitions are identical with the facts in the aforesaid writ petition. In that view of the matter, Rule is made absolute in the following terms :- “ We, therefore, allow the writ petitions by holding that the schools which are run by the present petitioners would not be governed by the Government Resolutions dated 20th December, 1988 or 20th July, 1990. Consequently, the communications which have been issued to the petitioners on the basis of the aforesaid Govt. Resolutions ( which are impugned in the present petitions) shall stand quashed and set aside.” [S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J.] [B.R. GAVAI,J.] grt/wp