1 Wp9947-10 dmt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 9947 OF 2010 Citizen Welfare Education Society ... Petitioner. V/s. The Education Officer (Primary) Zilla Parishad Nashik & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. G.S. Kulkarni i/by S.R. Waghmare for petitioner. Mr. V.S. Gokhale, AGP., for the respondents. CORAM : P.B.MAJMUDAR & A.A.SAYED, JJ. DATE : 6th JANUARY, 2011 P.C. The grievance of the petitioner is that the application given by the petitioner for giving approval to Urdu Medium Girls_ Primary School at Malegaon has not been decided since long and it is pending. Mr. Gokhale, the learned AGP appearing for the respondents concedes that the petition can be disposed of by directing the respondent no. 1 – Education Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nashik to dispose of the pending application. We direct the respondent nos. 1 and 2 to take appropriate decision on the application given by the petitioner in accordance with law. The application may be disposed of latest by 28.2.2011 and whatever may be the decision the same be 2 Wp9947-10 communicated to the petitioner forthwith. . It is clarified that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the issue and it is for respondent no. 1 and 2 to take decision regarding granting approval on the application of the petitioner in accordance with law. In the first instance the petitioner shall appear before the respondent no. 1 on 24.1.2011 and point out this order to the respondent no. 1 so that appropriate decision can be taken in a time bound programme. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (A.A.SAYED, J.) (P.B.MAJMUDAR, J.