1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5946 OF 2010 1. Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Shivajinagar, Maner, through its President Girish Dattatray Mahajan, Age : 45 Years, Occu. : Agriculture, R/o Bajrangpura, Jamner. 2. Devidas Pundalik Kale, Age : 38 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o Girja Colony, Jamner, Tq. Jamner, Dist. Jalgaon. .. .. Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, School Education Department, Mantralaya Mumbai. 2. The Director of Education (Secondary) Maharashtra State, Pune. 3. The Education Officer (Secondary) Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon. .. .. Respondents Shri S. R. Barlinge, Advocate for Petitioners. Smt. A. V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the Respondents/State. 2 CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 13TH JULY, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. The limited relief which petitioners have sought for in this petition is for issuance of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the proposal of petitioners submitted on 13.08.2009 and decide the same in accordance with law. 3. Our attention has been invited to the judgment of Division Bench of this Court dated 08th April, 2010 in Asha Sevabhavi Sanstha, Salapuri Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others, Writ Petition No. 345/2010. The Division Bench of this Court had directed the Government to consider and decide the proposal afresh in respect of the institutions where permission was sought for opening a marathi medium school. In the light of the judgment, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the 3 respondents to decide the proposal of petitioners, if pending, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioners. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/July 10