1 wp902-11 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGBAD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office notes, office Memoranda of | coram, appearance, court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s orders. or directions and Registrar’s orders | WRIT PETITION NO.902/2011. Mohamad Ali Mohamad Yusuf Vs The State of Maha. & Anr. .... Shri Sayad Masood Chand, Adv.for Petitioner Shri N.R.Shaikh,AGP.for R.1. .... CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE & A.V.NIRGUDE,JJ. DATE : 09/03/2011. 1] Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and respondent no.1. None appears for respondent no.2 though served. 2] By this Petition, the petitioner has prayed for direction to respondent no.2 - Maharashtra State Board of Wakf, Aurangabad to decide his applications dated 13/3/07 filed under Section 70 of the Wakf Act, 1995 and dated 2 wp902-11 29/12/2007 filed under Section 42 of the said Act, within time frame. 3] It appears that these applications are pending for last more than 3 years. We are not in a position to know the reasons why these applications are not disposed of till this date, since none appears for respondent no.2. Keeping in view that these applications are pending since last 3 years, we are satisfied that this petition can be disposed of by the following order : a] Respondent no.2 - Maharashtra State Wakf Board, Aurangabad shall endeavour to decide the aforementioned applications as expeditiously as possible and preferably within 6 months from the date of receipt of this order, on merits in accordance with law. While passing the order, we shall not be understood to have examined merits of the case. b] With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. (A.V.NIRGUDE,J.) (D.B.BHOSALE,J.) umg/wp902-10