1 aswp-4723-4724-11 pdp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4723 OF 2011 Shri Vijay Dhondu Rajam .. Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4724 OF 2011 Shri Shrikant Avdhut Dharke .. Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra and ors. .. Respondents Mr. Sandeep Dere for petitioner in both the petitions. Ms. S.S. Bhende, AGP for respondent nos.1 and 2 in both the petitions. Ms. Vandana Patil i/by Mr. N. K. Rajpurohit for respondent nos.3 and 4 in both the petitions. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE AND SMT. NISHITA MHATRE,JJ. DATE : August 29, 2011 P.C. The learned counsel for the petitioners has invited our 2 aswp-4723-4724-11 attention to the scheme of Section 24(2) of the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947 and has submitted that he has a remedy of an appeal under the said section against the suspension order passed by respondent no.3. He, therefore, seeks leave to withdraw the petitions so as to resort to the remedy of an appeal under Section 24(2) of the said Act. Leave granted and the petitions are disposed as withdrawn. If an appeal under Section 24(2) of the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947 is filed within a period of two weeks from today, we direct the respondent no.4 to decide the said appeal on its own merits as expeditiously as possible. (SMT. NISHITA MHATRE,J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)