PIL 84/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.84/2011 Pathan Zafarali Khan Mohd.Ali Khan V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri Y.V. Kakde, Advocate for petitioner. Shri S.G. Nandedkar, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 3. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 30.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. The Apex Court in the catena of judgments including the one in Girjesh Shrivastava & others V/s State of Madhya Pradesh & others [ (2010) 10 SCC, 707 ], has held that public interest litigations are not tenable in service matters. The petitioner in the present petition challenges the PIL 84/11 2 appointment of the respondent no.4. As such it is purely a service matter. In that view of the matter, the public interest litigation is dismissed. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) Dt/- 30.11.2011 ndk/c30111121