1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4502 OF 2010 Kakeshwar Vidya Prasarak Mandal Bhaler, through its President Bhaskar S/o Hiraman Patil & another. .... PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & Others. .... RESPONDENTS Mrs. Anjali B.Dube, Advocate for petitioner. Mrs. A.V.Gondhalekar, Assistant Govt. Pleader for Resp.Nos. 1 to 4 - State . CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J. DATE: 26/08/2010 ORAL ORDER : 1. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Govt. Pleader for State, in the interest of justice, we direct the Dy. Director of Education, Nashik Division, Nashik to decide the petitioner’s Appeal / representation dated 30/03/2009 ( Exh. ‘ F ’ to the petition ) as expeditiously as possible and in any case within the period of 2 two ( 2 ) months from the date of receipt of this order. The Dy. Director of Education, Nashik Division, Nashik shall give liberty of personal hearing to the representative of the petitioner no. 1 – School management and also Mr. Sanjay Gambhirrao Saindane, for whom approval is sought for his appointment to the post of Head Master. 2. The ad-interim relief granted by this Court on 25/06/2010 shall continue to operate till the Dy. Director of Education, Nashik Division, Nashik decides the Appeal / representation. 3. In case the Appeal / representation is decided against the petitioner, the petitioner will be at liberty to challenge the same in appropriate proceedings before the appropriate authority. 4. The petition is accordingly disposed off in light of above directions. CHIEF JUSTICE [ S.V. GANGAPURWALA ] JUDGE knp/ WP 4502.2010 3