1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.9989 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr. Amit Gharte i/b Mr sathyam Acharya, for the Petitioner. Mr Ramesh D Rane, for respondent nos 1 to 3. Mr C.R.Sonawane, AGP, for respondent no.4. CORAM: D.B.BHOSALE AND M.L.TAHALIYANI, JJ. DATE : 10/10/2011 PC: Heard learned counsel for the parties. Mr. Rane, learned counsel for respondent nos 1 to 3, on instructions, submits that the NT(D)'s post of Ex- Serviceman, which was carried forward as per 16.4.1981's Circular for one year, will be filled in as per the procedure mentioned therein and by observing condition no.(ii) therein and the T 2 appointing authority will refer the said matter/proposal to the GAD, Government of Maharashtra, for approval of release of the said post for general candidate. He further submits that they will comply with the exercise within eight weeks. In view of the statement made by Mr Rane, learned counsel for respondent nos 1 to 3, learned counsel for the petitioner does not press this writ petition and seeks direction to the concerned authority to consider the petitioner's claim also while filling the said post which was reserved for Ex-Serviceman. The writ petition is disposed of as not pressed. The CEO shall forward the proposal to the GAD, Government of Maharashtra, within a period of three weeks from today. The State thereafter shall decide the said proposal sent by the CEO, within a period of five weeks. If the proposal is accepted, while filling the post, the concerned authority shall take into consideration the claim of the 3 petitioner on merits and in accordance with law and the policy, if any, expeditiously, so as to complete the entire process within the stipulated time. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (M.L.TAHALIYANI, J.) (D.B.BHOSALE, J.) 4