303wp1266.10.odt 1 . IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No. 1266 of 2010 (Shri Kishore N. Mate .vs. The Presiding Officer, School Tribunal and Ors.) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders Coram: D. D. Sinha and F. M. Reis, JJ. Date : 30/03/2010. Heard Mr. P. N. Shende, Adv. for petitioner and Mrs.T.D.Khade, Assistant Government Pleader for respondent nos. 1 and 4. In the instant petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent no.1/Presiding Officer, School Tribunal, Chandrapur to decide Appeal No.STC/06/99 within a stipulated period. Normally, in absence of information about pendency of cases before the Tribunal, such a direction would not have been issued; however, the above referred appeal is pending with the Tribunal for more than a decade and therefore, we direct the Tribunal to dispose of the same on its own merits and in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of communication of this order. With these directions, the petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE jais