1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.7995 OF 2009 Muslim Education and Welfare Association, Beed Through it's Secretary, Shaikh Samir Ahmad s/o Iftkar Ahmed, Age : 35 years, Occu. Service, R/o Juna Bazar, Beed, Tq. & Dist. Beed ..PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai -32 2. The Director of Education, (Secondary & Higher Secondary), Maharashtra State, Pune - 1 3. The Deputy Director of Education, Station Road, Aurangabad 4. The Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Beed ..RESPONDENTS Mr S.S. Chillarge, Advocate holding for Mr S.V. Chillarge, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr S.K. Tambe, A.G.P. for respondents. CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ DATE : 24th March, 2010 2 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER P.V.HARDAS , J ] 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. We have heard Mr Chillarge, learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.G.P., who accepts notice on behalf of respondents no.1 to 4. The grievance of the petitioner in this petition is that the proposal submitted by the petitioner on 9.5.2008 has not been decided by the respondents. In the light of the said relief, we deem it appropriate to decide this petition finally at the stage of admission. 3. The petitioner claims to have submitted a proposal on 9.5.2008 for opening of a secondary school in Urdu medium at Azad Nagar, Jalna Road, Beed. According to the petitioner, though the petitioner had submitted the proposal in the year 2008, the same has not been decided by the respondents. We accordingly allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the proposal of the petitioner, if pending, in accordance with law, by the end of May, 2010 and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 3 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. ( S.V. GANGAPURWALA ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE amj/wp7995.09 4