1 917 wp 1033.10.doc k IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 10331 OF 2010 Shri Chandrakant S. Toraskar ..Petitioner. Vs. Wilson College Chowpatty and Ors. ..Respondents. Ms. P.A. Birje for the Petitioner. Mr. Vishwajeet Sawant i/b Shri Rajesh Singh for Respondent no.1. Mr. Rui Rodrigues for Respondent no.2. Ms. Aparna Vhatkar, AGP for Respondent no.3. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, K.K. TATED, JJ. Date : 18/11/2011. PC: 1 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2 By this Writ Petition, the Petitioner is seeking direction to Respondent no.1-College to comply with the order/decision dated 21st August, 2009 of the Management Council of Respondent no.2 - University. It appears that the Management Council passed a 2 917 wp 1033.10.doc resolution/taken the decision dated 21st August, 2009 on the basis of the recommendations made by the Grievances Committee. There is no dispute that the decision of the Management Council dated 21st August, 2009 was taken without hearing the parties. When the Respondent no.1 came to know about the decision of the Management Council which was communicated to them vide letter dated 16th October, 2010, they addressed a letter to the Registrar, University of Mumbai dated 5th January, 2010 and then by letter dated 1st September, 2010 addressed to the Registrar, sought review of the decision of the Management Council dated 21st August, 2009. 3 Mr. Rui Rodrigues, learned counsel for Respondent no.2 - University on instructions submits that the Management Council has not considered the letters dated 5th January, 2010 and 1st September, 2010 of Respondent no.1-College whereby they sought review of the decision dated 21st August, 2009. He submits that Management Council shall consider the requests/prayers made by Respondent no.1 - College in the aforesaid letters within a period of eight weeks from today after giving an opportunity of being heard to the Petitioner and Respondent no.1. In view of the submissions of 3 917 wp 1033.10.doc Mr. Rodrigues, learned counsel for Respondent no.2-University, learned counsel for the Petitioner, does not press this Writ Petition and seeks liberty to the Petitioner to challenge the decision of the Management Council, if adverse to the Petitioner, upon considering the aforementioned letters of Respondent no.1 - College. In the circumstances, we dispose of this Writ Petition by the following order: a) Writ Petition is disposed as not pressed. b) The Management Council to consider the letters dated 5th January, 2010 and 1st September,2010 as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order and pass/take appropriate orders/decision after giving an opportunity of being heard to the Petitioner and a representative of the Respondent no.1 – College. c) All the contentions of the parties are kept open. (K.K. Tated, J.) (D.B.Bhosale, J.)