1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4024 OF 2003 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2131 OF 2003 Ghobale Raosaheb Kashinath .. PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & Oths. .. RESPONDENTS Mr. S.S. Deshmukh, Advocate for applicant. Mr. K.G.Patil, Assistant Govt. Pleader for State. ........................... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, J. & S.V.GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE : 17/03/2010 PER COURT : 1. When the Civil Application was heard by the Division Bench of this Court, the Division Bench of this Court issued Rule making returnable after 6 weeks and granting opportunity to the learned A.G.P. to file reply to the Civil Application. In the mean time, the Court directed the parties to maintain status-quo. This Civil Application has been pending since the year 2003. In that light of the matter, we make Rule absolute in the Civil Application by directing the parties to maintain status-quo during the pendency of the petition. [ S.V.GANGAPURWAL ] [ P.V.HARDAS ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/CA 4024.03 in WP 2131.03