1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5392 OF 2010 Niti Niketan Bahuuddeshiya Shikshan Sanstha, Tondchir, Tq. Udgir, Dist. Latur Through its Secretary, Smt. Godavari Basvaraj Dhyade, Age : 42 years, Occu. Social Worker and Secretary, R/o Tondchir, Tq. Udgir, District Latur ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, IIIrd Floor, New Administrative Bhavan, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400 032 2. The Commissioner, Women and Child Development, Maharashtra State, Pune - 1, Near G.P.O. Pune - 1, Tq. and Dist. Pune 3. The District Women and Child Development Officer-Class-I, Parbhani, Tq. and Dist. Parbhani ..RESPONDENTS Mr K.T. Shirurkar, Advocate for the petitioner; Mrs A.V.Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondents. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ DATE : 22nd June, 2010 2 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. We have heard Shri K.T. Shirurkar, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mrs A.V. Gondhalekar, learned A.G.P. on behalf of respondents no.1 to 3. 3. The petitioner by this petition prays for issuance of a writ directing the respondents to decide the proposal submitted by the petitioner on 15.7.2008 for permission to open a Balakashram. According to the petitioner, the said proposal is pending and has not been decided. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to decide this petition finally at the stage of admission. 4. In the light of pendency of the proposal, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the proposal submitted by the petitioner, if pending, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 3 5. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp5392.10