1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.1720 OF 2005 Vinay Narayan Deshpande ....Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation of Gr.Mumbai & Anr. ....Respondents Mr.K. V. Tembe for the Petitioner. Ms.Aruna Savla for the Respondents. WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1868 OF 2005 Ashok Padam Pawar ....Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation of Gr.Mumbai & Anr. ....Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1869 OF 2005 Madhu Bhaguram Halikar ....Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation of Gr.Mumbai & Anr. ....Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1870 OF 2005 2 Sunil Vaikunth Bhat ....Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation of Gr.Mumbai & Anr. ....Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1871 OF 2005 Prakash Sakharam Patil ....Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation of Gr.Mumbai & Anr. ....Respondents Mr.V. M. Thorat for the Petitioners. Ms.Aruna Savla for the Respondents. CORAM : DALVEER BHANDARI, C.J. & S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATE : 30TH AUGUST, 2005. P.C. : The Petitioner in Writ Petition (Lodging) No.1720 of 2005 who was the employee of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and was working as Assistant Engineer till 3rd October, 2003, and the Petitioners in Petition Nos.1868 of 2005, 1869 of 2005, 1870 of 2005 and 1871 of 2005 who were the employees of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and were working as Junior Engineers till 30th October, 2003, have prayed that the directions be issued to the Respondents to take decision on the Departmental 3 Inquiry ordered against them. 2. The learned counsel appearing for the Corporation submits that the inquiry against the Petitioners have already been concluded and the matter is pending before the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and he is to take the final decision in the matter. 3. The learned counsel for the Corporation submits that the decision in the matter shall be taken on or before 31st December, 2005. In the facts and circumstances of the case, time requested by the Corporation is not unreasonable and we direct the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to take the decision in the matter on or before 31st December, 2005. 4. No further directions are necessary in these Writ Petitions. These Writ Petitions are accordingly disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.