1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7625 OF 2009 Prabhakar Jamrao Patil .. Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra and others. .. Respondents. Shri A.Y. Pandule, Advocate for the petitioners CORAM : B.R. GAVAI,J. DATE : 18th November, 2009. ORAL ORDER :- 1] By way of present petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 22nd December, 1998, passed by the learned Presiding Officer of the School Tribunal, Nasik. 2] The petition has been filed on 24/6/2009, i.e. after a period of 10 years and 6 months. The only justification given in the petition is that due to his economic condition the petitioner was moving in the corridors of Jalgaon District Legal Aid Committee and the High Court Legal Aid Committee. It is submitted that he did not receive any positive response 2 from any of these authorities and in the mean time, after completion of his B.Ed. Course, he again approached the Legal Aid Committee and the Legal Aid Committee entrusted the brief to the present counsel. 3] The justification given in the petition does not appear to be probable. 4] Had the petitioner approached the Legal Aid Committee of this court within a reasonable time, legal assistance would have been provided to him. Even on merits, it is clear that when the petitioner was appointed, the petitioner did not possess the necessary qualification and the necessary qualification has been acquired by him in the year 2007-09. It is thus apparent that the story prior to 2007-08 has been set up by the petitioner so as to overcome the delay of 10 years. It appears that only after the petitioner acquired the qualification for the post, on which he was appointed in the year 1992, it appears that by way of an afterthought he has decided to file the present petition. 4] In that view of the matter, no case is made out for interference. Hence, the writ petition is rejected. [B.R. GAVAI,J.] Grt/- 3