WPs 2387/11, 2284/11 & 2285/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NOS.2387/2011, 2284/2011 & 2285/2011 _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri Sanjay Kolhare, Advocate for petitioners. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent no.1. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 28.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. By these petitions, the petitioners are seeking direction to respondent no.4 – the Social Welfare Officer, Zilla Parishad, Block No.1, Dist.Nanded, to decide their proposal for salary bills dated 6.11.2007 for the period 1.8.2001 to July, 2003. We are not entering into an issue as to whether the petitioners can make such claims. We are also not expressing any opinion as to whether the petitioners are entitled to seek such reliefs / WPs 2387/11, 2284/11 & 2285/11 2 arrears of their salaries. Learned AGP submits that the concerned authority shall consider the petitioners’ proposal. In the circumstances, we dispose of these petitions by the following order. Respondent no.4 – the Social Welfare Officer shall consider the petitioners’ proposal dated 6.11.2007 on merits in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of this order and communicate the decision to the petitioners immediately thereafter. While passing this order, we shall not be understood to have issued any direction to respondent no.4 on merits of the case. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on merits of the case. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 28.03.2011 ndk/c2831115