1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (PIL) (LDG.) NO. 50 OF 2010 Rajesh Sharma .... Petitioner. vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..... Respondents. Mr. Rajeev Pandey & Sanjiv Punalekar i/by Janhavi Lanjekar for the petitioner. Mr. Milind More, AGP., for respondent/State. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, ACTING, C.J. & S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. DATE : 7TH JUNE, 2010. P.C. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned AGP for the respondent State. 2. This petition has been filed in public interest mainly with the 2 grievance that the respondent should ensure that LUMV College and Chinai College become functional so as to admit students in the academic year 2010-2011 by permitting on line admissions to the said institutions and delete by suitably amending the brochure wherein it has been mentioned that the admissions are subject to pending judicial proceedings. 3. It is the contention of the petitioner that the authorities have failed to conduct the inquiries as proposed for which show cause notices have been issued and thereby preventing Laxmi Education Society to conduct two colleges i.e. Sir M.V. College of Science and Commerce Seth L.V. Jhaveri College of Arts, and Shri Chinai College of Commerce and Economics from admitting students thereby depriving the students community from taking education in the two institutions. 4. On the other hand, in the affidavit in reply filed by Mr. Ravindra R. Bhise, Acting Deputy Director of Education, it has been clarified that the matter is being examined for which show cause notices have been issued to Laxmi Eduction Society but time and again adjournments have been taken and there was no lacunae or delaying tactics on the part of the office of the Deputy Director of Education. It is because of the dilly-dallying tactics of the two institutions that the process of deciding the closure application is taking time and, therefore, in the booklet for On-line admission at page - 99 the names of both the colleges, namely LUMV and Chinai College were put up (subject to the final outcome of judicial proceedings) for the information of the general 3 public who wish to take admission in the aforesaid colleges. 5. We do not find that this caution given to the students in any way affect their admission to the two institutions which are open for admission for the academic year 2010-2011. The issue of closure is subject to final outcome of judicial proceedings will have to be brought to the notice of the students in the event the two institutions are required to be closed and it is with this factor in mind the students are expected to take admission. Needless to say that it will be the sole responsibility of the Education Department to accommodate all such students in other institutions if they take a decision that the two institutions are required to be closed. Therefore, we do not find any reason to pass any orders in this public interest litigation and the same stands disposed of accordingly. (J.N. PATEL, ACTING, C.J.) (S.C. DHARMADHIKARI, J.)