(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 540 OF 2008 Dange Devidas Narayan, Age : 32 years, Occupation : Service, R/o. Osmannagar, Kandhar, District : Nanded. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through Secretary, Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32. 2. Deputy Director of Education, Latur Division, Latur. 3. Education Officer (Primary), Zilla Parishad, Nanded, District : Nanded. 4. President, Siddharth Education Society, Osmannagar, Kandhar, District : Nanded. 5. Head Master, Samrat Ashok Primary School, Osmannagar, Kandhar, District : Nanded. .. Respondents. ....................... (2) Mr. V.P. Kadam, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Tambe, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent nos.1 and 2. Mr. V.S. Panpatte, Advocate, for respondent no.3. Mr. Anand Bhise, Advocate, holding for Mr. P.M. Gaikwad, Advocate, for respondent nos.4 and 5. ......................... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 9TH OCTOBER 2009. COURT'S ORDER (Per B.R. Gavai, J.) : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Taken up for final hearing by consent of parties. 2. The petitioner has restricted his claim in the petition only for a direction to the respondent no.3 to consider and decide the proposal, submitted by the respondent nos.4 and 5, regarding grant of approval to the appointment of the petitioner. 3. We find that the prayer is innocuous. 4. Hence, the petition is partly allowed. (3) The respondent no.3 is directed to consider the proposal submitted by the respondent nos.4 and 5, regarding grant of approval to the petitioner's appointment, and decide the same on its own merits within a period of eight weeks from today. 5. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. There shall be no order as to costs. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp540