1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.5186 OF 2009 1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Urdu Medium High School, Bhoom, Through its Secretary, Patel Mohmmod Nourkhan, Age 40 years, Occu.Agril., R/o Bhoom, District Osmanabad 2. Shaik Shadik Abdul Gani, Age 30 years, Occu.Service 3. Nagnath Bhomrao Mali Age 29 years, Occu.Service .. PETITIONERS (2 and 3 are R/o at Bhoom Taluka and District Osmanabad) VERSUS 1. State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary of Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2. The Director of Education (Secondary), Maharashtra State, Pune 3. Deputy Director of Education, Latur 4. Education Officer (Secondary), Osmanabad .. RESPONDENTS Shri V.R.Bhumkar, Advocate holding for Shri R.P.Bhumkar, Advocate for petitioners Shri K.G.Patil, Assistant Govt.Pleader for respondents 1 to 4 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V.GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 24th March 2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER S.V.GANGAPURWALA, J.) 1. 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 has submitted a proposal to the respondents for grant of approval to the post of petitioners 2 and 3. The said proposal is pending consideration since 28.7.2006. The petitioner contend that the same is not yet decided. 3. We have heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader for respondents. In view of the fact that a limited prayer is made for deciding the proposal of the petitioners, we allow this petition and direct respondent No.4 to decide the said proposal of the petitioners within a period of six weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no orders as to costs. ( S.V.GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/5186.09wp)