FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3342 OF 2009 ________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | ________________________________________________________ Heard learned Counsel for the parties. 2 The grievance made in this petition is about the inaction of the respondents in considering the application filed by the petitioners for grant of pension under Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 and other pensionary and consequential benefits. 3 The application is pending for more than one year as of now. There is no good reason forthcoming about this inaction of the respondents. The respondents are obliged to consider the application of the persons such as the petitioner expeditiously which is their statutory obligation. 4 In the circumstances, we direct the respondents, in particular, Respondents No.4 and 5 to ensure that the petitioners’ application is finally disposed of expeditiously, and in any case, not later than six weeks from today. The petitioners to extend full co-operation for early disposal of the said application. All questions are left open, to be decided on its own merits. We place on record that the other private respondents have stated on affidavit that all paper formalities are completed. (S.S. SHINDE, J) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J) 03.03.2010. PLK/*