1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION No. 1723/2008 (Vinod Madhukarrao Choudhari & ors. Vs. Upekshit Samaj Kalyan Samiti & ors. ) Appeal District : Application No. of 200 Writ petition Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA & SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ. DATED : APRIL 22, 2008. Heard Mr. D.S. Agnihotri h/f Mr. Shende the learned counsel for the petitioners, and Shri Thakare, A.G.P., for respondent nos. 3 and 4. In the present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to the Presiding Officer, School Tribunal to expeditiously decide Appeal No. STC/160/1996, STC/20/1997 and STC/04/2000 filed by the petitioners, which are pending for final adjudication. It is, no doubt, true that in the absence of figure of pendency before the School Tribunal, it would not be appropriate to issue any positive directions 2 in this regard. However, we also cannot ignore the fact that some of the appeals are pending for more than 10 years. In that view of the matter, we expect the Presiding Officer, School Tribunal to expedite the hearing of the appeals. With these observations, writ petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE RMP