1` IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR W.P.No. 5365/2008 Shri Sai Shikshan Seva Sanstha vs. State of Maharashtra and another. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's or directions and Registrar's orders. Orders. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. A. Parchure, Advocate for the petitioner. CORAM : B.H.Marlapalle & A.H.Joshi, JJ DATE : 18.12.2008 Heard Mr. Parchure, the learned counsel for the petitioner society. The petitioner had submitted an application seeking permission to open a new College of Arts and Commerce at Chimur, District Chandrapur for the academic year 2008-09. The said application was recommended by the respondent no.2 – University vide its letter dated 7.2.2008 to the State Government. The petitioner states that despite this recommendation the State Government has not communicated any decision on the petitioner's application for the current academic year and, therefore, the petitioner prays for directions to the respondent State Government to decide this pending application and in the alternate treat the pending application as seeking permission to a new College in the next academic year 2009-2010. If the petitioner submits a fresh application with all the necessary compliances before 31st January, 2009, we hereby direct the respondents to process the 2` same as per the master plan for the academic year 2009- 2010 and decide the same along with the other applications for the ensuing academic year. The petitioner shall be communicated the final decision in writing by the respondent no.1 State on the fresh application on or before 15th June, 2009. The petition is disposed off in terms of the above directions. JUDGE JUDGE patle