1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO.52 OF 2009 Ramesh Dakhat Kurhade & anr. ..Petitioners V/s The State of Maharashtra & anr. ..Respondents Mr.Uday P.Warunjikar, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr.A.I.I.Patel, AGP, for the respondent No.1 – State CORAM : R.M.SAVANT, J. DATE : 2ND APRIL, 2009 P.C. . The contempt alleged is of the order dated 9th April, 2008, by which order the respondents to the said Writ Petition were directed to take a decision as regards the approval to the petitioners from the date of appointment. The said decision was to be taken within a period of 12 weeks of the said order. An affidavit has been filed by one Umakant Chindhu Patil, Deputy Education Inspector, Office of the Deputy Director of Education, Mumbai Region, Mumbai in which affidavit in paragraph 3 it is mentioned that a decision has been taken 2 by the State Government pursuant to the Order dated 9th April, 2008, and the same has been communicated to the office of the Government Pleader, Appellate Side, (Writ Cell) vide a letter dated 25th March, 2009. It seems that the decision is also dated 25th March, 2009. Though, there has been a delay on the part of the State Government in taking a decision, in my view, no case for invoking the contempt jurisdiction is made out. The above Contempt Petition is accordingly dismissed. (R.M.SAVANT, J.)