wp2133.10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2133 OF 2010 Mahesh s/o Madhukarrao Dalal, R/o-Vasta Niwas, Near Maruti Temple, Trimurti Nagar, Parbhani, Tq. & Dist-Parbhani. ...PETITIONER. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration Department, Mantralaya Mumbai-32. 2) The Director of Municipal Administration, Govt. Transport Service Building, 3rd Floor, Sir Pochkhanwala Marg, Warali, Mumbai-400 030, 3) The Deputy Director of Municipal Administration, Aurangabad Region, Aurangabad, 4) The Collector, Parbhani, Dist-Parbhani, 5) The District Project Officer, District Urban Development Agency, Parbhani, 6) The President, Municipal Council, Purna, Dist-Parbhani, wp2133.10 2 7) The Chief Officer, Municipal Council, Purna, Tq-Purna, Dist-Parbhani. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri.V.M. Humbe Advocate for Petitioner. Shri.S.K. Kadam, A.G.P. for Respondent Nos. 1 to 5. Shri.D.Y. Nandedkar Advocate for Respondent Nos. 6 and 7. ... CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL AND T.V. NALAWADE, JJ. DATE : 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2011. PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the respective parties. 2. The Petitioner claims to have been appointed on contract basis along with others under an order issued by the Chief Officer, Municipal Council, Purna, dated 7th January, 2009. The Petitioner's services were terminated on 19th wp2133.10 3 January, 2009. Present Writ Petition was filed on 2nd March, 2010. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that cancellation of appointment order just few days after its issuance, is unreasonable and arbitrary. 2. Consequent to the notice issued, Respondent Nos. 6 and 7 filed affidavit in reply. It is contended by the deponent that subject appointments were not made by giving advertisement in newspapers and by inviting applications from general public. The deponent has referred to the Apex Court Judgment in the case of Secretary, State of Karnataka and others vs. Umadevi, reported in (2006) 4 S.C.C. Page 1. 3. The learned counsel for Respondent Municipal Council submits that Chief Officer of Municipal Council is present in the Court. The learned counsel for Respondent Municipal Council submits that along with the Petitioner, other wp2133.10 4 persons like Ganpat Sakharam Muley and Balaji Devrao Desai were also issued orders in respect of cancellation of their appointments. Even otherwise, we do not find any error in the order passed by the Municipal Council. There is no merit in the Writ Petition and the same is rejected summarily. [T.V. NALAWADE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] asb/SEPT11