-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.8367 OF 2007 The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nashik & Ors. : Petitioners V/s. Shri A.V.Panpatil : Respondent ... Mr.V.R.Mankapure for the petitioners. Mr.Dhananjay E. Pathak for the respondent. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : JANUARY 21, 2009. P.C. 1. Rule, returnable forthwith. Mr.Pathak waives service for the respondent. Heard by consent. 2. After hearing the matter for sometime, the following order is passed by consent:- O R D E R (i) The impugned order is set aside. The respondent shall be entitled to avail of the alternate remedy provided under the Act and the Rules -: 2 :- without any objection as to limitation from the petitioners’ side. Pending decision of the departmental appeal, there shall be no coercive recovery against the respondent. The appellate authority shall decide the appeal as expeditiously as possible and, in any case, not later than six months from the date the matter is first taken up for hearing. (ii) Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. S.A. BOBDE, J.