1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4257 OF 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of | Coram, appearances, Court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s or directions and Registrar’s | orders orders | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. S.R. Barlinge, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. V.H. Dighe, A.G.P. for respondent State. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 21ST JANUARY, 2010 Considering the nature of grievance raised in this petition and the relief claimed on that basis, in our opinion, it would be appropriate to direct respondent No. 2 Education Officer (Secondary) to treat this petition as representation and decide the same expeditiously on its own merits, in accordance with law. That be done expeditiously, in any case, not later than SIX WEEKS from today. 2. Needless to observe that while 2 considering the claim of the petitioner, the Education Officer (Secondary) shall keep in mind the legal principle stated by this Court in the case of Manohar s/o Chhabu Patil and others vs. The State of Maharashtra and others decided on 18-03-2008 in Writ Petition NO. 6555 of 2007 and companion matters. It is once again reiterated that all questions are left open to be decided by respondent No.2 on its own merits. The petitioners to move the Education Officer (Secondary) by formal application to bring to his notice the order passed today, as also furnish copy of the complete compilation of the Writ Petition enabling to proceed the matters in terms of the directions given in the order passed in this petition. 3. The petition is disposed of, on the above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/JAN10/wp4257.09