PIL 14/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.14/2011 _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri S.S. Jadhavar, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 5. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 21.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. In this writ petition, the petitioner has made the following prayer: "By issuing writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondent nos.1 to 4 may kindly be directed to withdraw all benefits granted to the respondent no.6 school under the head of minority institution with further direction to treat respondent no.6 school as non-minority PIL 14/11 2 institution." Learned AGP has placed on record the letter issued by respondent no.4 - Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar, dated 17.3.2011 addressed to respondent no.6 - institution informing them that they shall not be given any benefits as minority institution, unless they are recognised as minority institution by the competent authority. The letter is taken on record and marked as Exhibit X for the purpose of identification. From bare perusal of this letter, it appears that respondent no.6 institution is neither recognised as minority institution nor is getting any benefits as minority institution. In the circumstances, nothing further survives in this petition. Hence, the petition is disposed of. This, however, shall not preclude the petitioner from approaching the competent authority as contemplated by the Government resolution dated 4.7.2008 for appropriate relief if the petitioner finds that the contents of the letter PIL 14/11 3 dated 17.3.2011 are not correct or respondent no.6 institution is recognised as minority institution in future. The amount deposited by the petitioner in pursuance of the order dated 1.3.2011 is allowed to be withdrawn within a period of two weeks from today. With these observations, the petition is disposed of. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 21.03.2011 ndk/c2131110