1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4917 OF 2010 Manav Seva Vikas Pratishthan, Vishwanath Gruha Nirman Sanstha, Parbhani, Tq. & Dist. Parbhani, Through its President, Vitthal S/o Keshavrao Bhusare, Age : 38 Years, Occu. : Service, R/o Vishwanath Housing Society, Wasmat Road, Parbhani, Tal. & District Parbhani. .. .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. The Director of Education (Secondary), Maharashtra State, Pune. 3. The Deputy Director of Education, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad. 4. The Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Parbhani. .. .. Respondents 2 Shri S. M. Vibhute, Advocate h/f Shri Mahesh P. Kale, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. K. Kadam, A.G.P. for the Respondents/State. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 09TH JUNE, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [Per P. V. HARDAS, J. ] : 01. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 02. The limited request made by the petitioner in this petition is this for issuance of a writ directing the respondents to decide the proposal of the petitioner which is said to be pending. It appears that the petitioner had submitted a proposal for grant of permission to open a secondary school (Marathi Medium) at Wasmat Road, Parbhani, Tq. and Dist. Parbhani. According to the petitioner the aforesaid proposal is pending . Though in the petition, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ directing the respondents to grant permission to the petitioner, the aforesaid relief cannot be granted to the petitioner. In the light 3 of the fact the proposal is pending, according to us it would be appropriate to direct the respondents to decide the pending proposal within a certain time frame. 03. We accordingly allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the proposal submitted by the petitioner, if pending, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 04. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/June 10