IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7619 OF 2007 Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha ... Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. D.K. Ghaisas for the Petitioner Mr. C.R. Sonawane, Assistant Government Pleader, for the State. CORAM: J.N. PATEL AND SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2007 P.C.:- 1. The petitioner has come with a limited grievance against the respondent-State and its Education Department that they are not granting permission to the petitioner to open a new Senior College in the Arts and Commerce streams for the academic year 2008-09 at Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, on the basis of the application submitted by the petitioner to respondent No. 2 on 31st October, 2006 and as recommended by respondent No. 2. 2. This Court, on previous occasion also, issued identical 1 direction to the State, but the same has not been complied with. We, therefore, dispose of this petition with a direction to respondent No. 1 to take a decision in the matter of the petitioner- institution, and communicate the same to the petitioner on or before 31st January, 2008. 3. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. J.N. PATEL, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. 2