1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY : AURANGABAD BENCH WRIT PETITION NO. 7154 OF 2008 WITH Jaywantrao Gulabrao Patil, age 35 years, occu. service, R/o. At post Zadi, tq. Amalner, District Jalgaon. - - -Petitioner versus 1. The State of Maharashtra. 2. The Director of Higher Education, Maharashtra State, Pune. 3. The Joint Director of Higher Education, Jalgaon Region, Jalgaon. 4. North Maharashtra University, through its Registrar, Jalgaon. 5. The President/ Principal, Dhandai Mata Education Society's Arts and Science College, Amalner, Dist. Jalgaon. - - - Respondents Shri N. L. Choudhari, Advocatefor petitioner. Shri K. G. Patil, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for Respondents Nos.1 to 3. Shri A. B. Girase, Advocate for Respondent No.4. Shri A. G. Magre, Advocate for Respondent No.5. CORAM : B. R. GAVAI & N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. Dated : 31st July 2009 2 PER COURT : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioners are seeking a writ of mandamus directing respondent No.5 College to forward the proposal of the petitioners regarding relaxation of NET/SET condition to the Respondent No.4 University and further direction to the Respondent No.4 University to forward the said proposal to the University Grants Commission. 3. It is the contention of the petitioners that the petitioners are appointed by respondent No.5. It is also the contention of the petitioners that they were appointed after due selection procedure was followed and that they possess requisite qualification except NET/SET clearance. 4. It is also the contention of the petitioners that the petitioners are entitled to relaxation from NET/SET clearance as per the policy. 5. Respondent No.5 does not dispute this position. In that view of the matter, petition is disposed of with following directions :- 3 (I) Respondent No.5 shall submit proposal regarding relaxation from the NET/SET condition pertaining to the petitoiners' services to respondent No.4 within a period of two weeks from today. (II) Respondent No.4 after receipt of the proposal from respondent No.5 shall scrutinize and forward the same to University Grants Commission within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt thereof. Petition stands disposed of. Rule made absolute in the aforesaid terms with no order as to costs. ( N.D.DESHPANDE, J. ) ( B. R. GAVAI, J. ) pnk/wp715408