WP 7714/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.7714/2011 Firdaus Rahimbeig Mirza V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri B.S. Shinde, Advocate h/f Harish S. Bali, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent nos.1 & 2. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 10.10.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and taken up for final disposal with the consent of learned counsel for the appearing parties. Since in identical matters, one of which is Writ Petition No.4264/2009, the Court has disposed of petitions with directions to the respondent no.2, we are inclined to allow the present petition in the following terms. WP 7714/11 2 The respondent no.2 is directed to consider the request of the petitioner for correction of the school record of the petitioner by following procedure prescribed by the Government resolution dated 16.3.1983 read with Appendix Six of the Secondary Schools Code. Subject to grant of sanction by the appropriate authority, the school record of the petitioner may be corrected in accordance with the said provisions. The proposal be submitted to the appropriate authority for grant of sanction, within four weeks from today. On receipt of the said proposal, the appropriate authority shall decide the same as expeditiously as possible and in any case not later than eight weeks from its receipt on its own merits in accordance with law. The appropriate authority to afford opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. In the event, an adverse order is passed against the petitioner, the authority shall record reasons therefor. It is made clear that all questions WP 7714/11 3 whether in respect of request for sanction or for carrying out amendment in the school record, will have to be decided on its own merit in accordance with law. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) Dt/- 10.10.2011 ndk/c10101113