1 WP 894.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 894 OF 2011 Sahebrao Srirangrao Shinde .... PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & Oths. .... RESPONDENTS Mr. K.T.Shirpurkar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.V.Wagh, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for State. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 10/02/2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner vide the present Writ Petition assails the order dated 30/7/2010 passed by the Dy. Director of Education, thereby refusing to condone the break in the service w.e.f. 8/7/1976 to 26/12/1977. 3. Mr. Shirurkar, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is within the powers of the respondent to condone the break in service. In respect of other similarly situated persons, the respondents have exercised the discretion and condoned the delay. But in the case of the petitioner, the respondent has taken different stand. According to the 2 WP 894.2011 learned counsel, the reasonings given by the respondent are erroneous. 4. We have perused the impugned order. The petitioner is seeking the condonation of the break in service of the year 1976-77. The petitioner ought to have approached earlier. The grievance is made by the petitioner after a long slumber of thirty ( 30 ) years. On that count itself, the petition deserves to be rejected and the same is hereby rejected, however, with no order as to costs. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL,J.] knp/WP 894.2011