FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO.: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.756 OF 2007 ------------------------------------:----------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : Court’s or Judge’s orders. coram, appearances, Court’s orders : or directions and Registrar’s : orders. : ------------------------------------:------------------------------------ Mr.K.S. Dewal for petitioner. Mr.V.P.Malvankar, AGP for respondents. ----- CORAM : H.L GOKHALE, ACTING C.J. & CORAM : H.L GOKHALE, ACTING C.J. & CORAM : H.L GOKHALE, ACTING C.J. & V.M. V.M. V.M. KANADE, J. KANADE, J. KANADE, J. DATED DATED DATED : 6th February : 6th February : 6th February 2007 2007 2007 P.C. : 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the elevation of respondent No.4 to the post of Additional Municipal Commissioner. It is his case that he was brought to the 2nd respondent Municipal Corporation of Thane as a Deputy Commissioner from his earlier post which he was holding in the Sales-Tax office. The submission of Mr.Dewal is that under the relevant rules the Additional Commissioner’s post ought to have been allotted to a promotee like the petitioner and not to an outsider. He has further submitted that the post of Additional Commissioner is not available for such a direct appointee. The petitioner has made a representation to the concerned Secretary. The Secretary, Urban Department ought to decide the same at the earliest. The representation is made on 5th October 2006 and is pending since then. We expect the Secretary to decide the same within four weeks. 3. Petition disposed of with the above order. (ACTING C.J.) (ACTING C.J.) (ACTING C.J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.) (V.M. KANADE, J.)