1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.96 OF 2006 Padmakar s/o Vishnupant Kulkarni, Age: 57 years, Occ: Service, at present incharge Headmaster, Zilla Parishad Highschool Therla, Tq. Patoda Dist. Beed. R/o. Datta Kunj, Adarsha Nagar, Pangri Road, Beed & Ors. ...PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra, & Ors. ...RESPONDENTS ... Shri. S.A. Nagarsoge, Advocate for Petitioners. Shri.V.H. Dighe,A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Shri. H.K. Munde, Advocate for respondent No.3. .... CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL & K.K. TATED, JJ. DATE : 17TH AUGUST, 2010. PER COURT : 1. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. 2 2. The petitioners' grievance is that their juniors were promoted as Headmasters. The petitioners were teachers at the relevant time in the school run by the Zilla Parishad. The petitioners' raised grievance by filing written representations to respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in the year 2006 itself. It is stated that their grievances were not redressed. The learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were not considered and therefore, they approached this Court through this petition in 2006. 3. Unfortunately, though the petition is pending since 2006, none of the respondents have filed affidavit in reply. We have perused the representations made by the petitioners to the respondents. We find that a communication was made by the Office of the Director of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune in February 2006, addressed to the Assistant Registrar, High Court, Bench at Aurangabad, in respect of the 3 representation of the petitioners alongwith parawise remarks. We have gone through communication and parawise remarks too. 4. In the facts of the case and as the petition is pending since more than four years, we find it appropriate that the petitioners may file comprehensive representations to respondent NO.2. 5. The learned A.G.P. submits that a communication was received by Registrar, High Court, Bench at Aurangabad, from Director of Education. The learned A.G.P. submits that the office of the Government Pleader has not received any authentic written instructions in the shape of parawise reply or in any form so as to make any statement on behalf of the State. 6. Considering all these facts of the case, we observe that in case the petitioners file comprehensive representation within eight weeks from today with respondent No.2 - Director of 4 Education, Secondary and Higher Secondary Directorate, M.S. Pune, we direct respondent No.2 Deputy Director of Education to call for necessary record. Issue notices to the affected parties and pass appropriate orders on representations, at the earliest, preferably within period of three months from the date of receipt of the representations and communicate the same to the petitioners. 7. The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court to allow the learned A.G.P. to obtain xerox copy of communication received from the office of the Director of Education which was forwarded by respondent No.2 alongwith covering letter. 8. Writ Petition is disposed of. . Authenticated copy be given to the learned A.G.P. [K.K. TATED, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] SUT/AUG10/wp96.06