: 1 : wp.5980.2011 vss IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5980 OF 2011 Pune Municipal Corporation's retired Secondary Teachers' Association (Manch) .. Petitioner V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Mr.A.B. Pratinidhi for the Petitioner Mr.C.R. Sonawane, AGP, for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2 Ms.Manisha Khobragade I/b Bharat Mehta for Resp. No.3 CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. DATED: OCTOBER 12, 2011 P.C.: 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner Association. It appears that the Association represented to the Municipal Corporation and to the Education Board of the said Corporation about the alleged scam in the settlement of retiral benefits of teachers from the school run by the Municipal Corporation. In response to the said representation, the Deputy Director of Education, called upon the Education Officer to constitute a committee of 5 members to examine the allegations and submit a report. The Education Officer by his order dated 25.4.2011 constituted such a Committee of 5 members. The petitioner impugns : 2 : wp.5980.2011 the said order on the ground that some of the members should not have been there and they are either biased or tainted or have selfish interests. 2. We have gone through the petitioner’s representation dated 9.5.2011 against some of the members of the Committee and we do not find a case made out to interfere in the decision taken by the Education Officer and so as to issue a writ of mandamus while exercising our extra-ordinary powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In our opinion, these allegations by themselves do not disqualify any of the members of the committee and unless some statutory bar is shown to operate against them. The Committee so constituted is not a statutory committee and it may be a fact finding committee. No case has been made out to entertain this petition. 3. Hence, the Writ Petition is rejected summarily. (SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J.) (B.H. MARLAPALLE, J.)