1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1246 OF 2010 Shri Sainath Gramin Vikas Mandal, and Shikshan Sanstha, Kandharewadi, through its Secretary, Nagorao s/o Namdeorao Amlapure, age : 42 years, occ. service, r/o Kandharewadi, Tal. Kandhar, Dist. Nanded ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, School Education and Sports Department, Maharashtra State, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2. The Director of Education (Secondary and Higher Secondary), Directorate of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune - 1 3. The Deputy Director of Education, Latur Region, Latur 4. The Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Nanded, Dist. Nanded ..RESPONDENTS Mr Suraj V. Gundre, Advocate holding for Mr V.D. Gunale for the petitioner; Mr S.K. Tamibe, A.G.P. for respondents. 2 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ DATE : 8th June, 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER P.V. HARDAS , J ] Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The petitioner by this petition has prayed for directing the respondents to grant permission to open a junior college of Arts, Science & Commerce at village Kandharewadi, Taluka Kandhar, District Nanded and by an ad interim order prays for grant of provisional permission. Undisputedly, the proposal submitted by the petitioner on 12.5.2008 has not been decided by the respondents and in the light of the pendency of the said proposal, according to us the reliefs which the petitioner has prayed for in this petition cannot be granted. However, since the proposal is pending consideration with the respondents, we allow this petition to the limited extent of directing the respondents to decide the said proposal, if pending, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 3 Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp1246.10