FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO.3473 OF 2004 PETITION NO.3473 OF 2004 PETITION NO.3473 OF 2004 -------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or Judge’s orders orders or directions and Registrar’s orders. -------------------------------------------------------- Mr.S.M.Gorwadkar, for the Petitioners Mrs.S.S. Bhende, A.G.P. for Respondents 1 to 3. CORAM CORAM CORAM : F.I. REBELLO & S.P. KUKDAY,JJ. : F.I. REBELLO & S.P. KUKDAY,JJ. : F.I. REBELLO & S.P. KUKDAY,JJ. DATED DATED DATED : 16TH FEBRUARY, 2005 : 16TH FEBRUARY, 2005 : 16TH FEBRUARY, 2005 P.C. P.C. P.C. . Rule. Heard forthwith. 2. The Petitioners had applied for permission to open a Secondary School for Girls in Taluka Mangaon, District Raigad. It is their case that there is no Secondary School within the radius of 20 Kms. On behalf of the petitioners their learned Counsel makes a statement that they are not seeking any aid and are seeking recommendation as non-aided school. They have been applying since 1998. 3. Considering the fact that the School will benefit the female students and as averred there is no Secondary School within a radius of 20 Kms., and further as the Petitioners are not seeking any aid, but they are seeking recognition as non-aided school we see no reason why the respondents should not consider the application unless there is any provision in any Act which prevents grant of such permission. Considering that the petition can be disposed of by issuing the following directions:- (i) The Respondents are directed to consider and dispose of the Applications of the petitioners dated 12th December, 2000 and 24th September, 2002 on or before 31st March, 2005 and intimate the same to the petitioners by 15th April, 2005. (ii) Rule made absolute accordingly. (F.I. (F.I. (F.I. REBELLO, J.) REBELLO, J.) REBELLO, J.) (S.P. (S.P. (S.P. KUKDAY, J.) KUKDAY, J.) KUKDAY, J.)