(1) WP 7226.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.7226 OF 2011 Mohommad Irshad Ali Khan PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and anr. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. Suresh D. Dhongade, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. P.P. More, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 9TH NOVEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present Petition, the petitioner has approached this Court, being aggrieved by the order passed by the learned Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal dated 08.06.2011, thereby dismissing the Original Application filed by the present petitioner, on the ground that it is barred by limitation. (2) WP 7226.2011 3. It is the specific contention of the petitioner that he received the information only on 24.03.2011, which gave him cause of action to file the Original Application. 4. We find that instead of foreclosing the doors of justice to the petitioner on the technical ground, it is in the interest of justice, to decide the matter on merits. In that view of the matter, we allow the Petition. The impugned order is quashed and set aside, remanding back the matter to the Maharsahtra Administrative Tribunal, for considering it afresh, on its own merits, in accordance with law. 5. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms with no order as to costs. Sd/- Sd/- [M. T. JOSHI, J.] [B. R. GAVAI, J.] arp/