1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5842 OF 2011 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. Haribhau Deshinge i/b vijay Killedar, for the Petitioner. Mr C.R.Sonawane, AGP, for respondent nos 1 and 2. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND K.K.TATED, JJ. DATE : 21/11/2011 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. By this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order of demotion dated 11.2.2010 passed by respondent no.2. Mr Sonawane, learned AGP, on instructions, submits that the petitioner has made a representation to the Divisional Social Welfare Officer, Pune Division, Pune for similar relief. He submits that the Divisional Social Welfare Officer will decide the petitioner's T 2 representation within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of this order. In view thereof, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press this writ petition and seeks direction to the Divisional Social Welfare Officer, Pune to decide the representation after giving an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. In the circumstances, we dispose of the writ petition by the following order. The Divisional Social Welfare Officer, Pune Division, Pune to decide the petitioner's representation dated 3.5.11 (Exhibit-I) as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of this order on merits in accordance with law and after giving an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (K.K.TATED, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 3 4