-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4282 OF 1996 Atul Chandrakant Manurkar & Anr. .. Petitioners Vs Maharashtra State Electricity Board and ors. .. Respondents Mr G.S.Godbole, for the petitioners. Mr P.P.Chavan, for respondent nos 1 and 3. CORAM : V.G.PALSHIKAR, Ag.C.J., & CORAM : V.G.PALSHIKAR, Ag.C.J., & CORAM : V.G.PALSHIKAR, Ag.C.J., & D.B.BHOSALE,J. D.B.BHOSALE,J. D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 16.11.2005. DATE : 16.11.2005. DATE : 16.11.2005. PC: PC: PC: 1. By this petition, the petitioners have challenged the action of the respondent-Board of appointing persons from reserved categories to the extent of more than 50 percent. By an interim order, the respondents were permitted to fill up 50 percent by reserved class candidates. 2. However, though the petition was pending, without any reference to the pendency of this petition the independent appointments have been given to the petitioners and others in Junior Engineers (Civil). That being the situation, factually no grievance remains. However, it is made clear that since the independent appointments were not as a consequence of pending of the petition, disposal of this petition today will not, in any manner, affect that order. The petition, accordingly, disposed of.