1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO.6367 OF 2009. Dattarao S/o Ramkishanrao Gangli and others ... Petitioners. Versus Joint Charity Commissioner and others ... Respondents. ... Mr.Darshan Kulkarni, advocate holding for Mr.H.A.Joshi, advocate for the petitioners. Mrs.A.V.Gondhalekar, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for the State. Mr.M.P.Gude, advocate for Respondent Nos.4 and 7. ... CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,JJ. Date : 17.03.2010. PER COURT 1. This petition is under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by which the petitioner 2 prays for issuing mandamus to the Joint Charity Commissioner, Latur and Deputy Charity Commissioner, Latur to decide Appeal No.1/2007 and change report Inquiry No.81/2007 pending before the respective authorities before 30th October 2009. It appears that the petitioner had submitted an application in Appeal No.1/2007, praying for day today hearing of the appeal. The Joint Charity Commissioner, Latur Region, Latur, by an order dated 1.9.2009 declined to hear the appeal on day today basis on various grounds which are set out in the said order amongst which is a ground that the appeal was not ready for hearing as some of the newly added Respondents had not filed their replies. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are not inclined to issue mandamus to the Joint Charity Commissioner, Latur and Deputy Charity Commissioner, Latur for deciding the appeal by a certain fixed date. It is needless to state that the appeal is ready for hearing, the petitioner may request the authorities to expeditiously decide the said pending lis. In the circumstances, there is no merit in the petition and the petition is, 3 therefore, summarily dismissed with no order as to costs. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) (P.V.HARDAS,J.) asp/office/wp636709