1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O. O. C. J. CONTEMPT PETITION NO.69 OF 2009 IN WRIT PETITION NO.2217 OF 2008 Rachna Arun Joshi ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others ..Respondents. .... Mr. Sanjay Prabhu i/b N.V. Bandiwadekar for the Petitioner. Mr. J. Saluja, AGP for the State. .... CORAM : DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. 27th July, 2009. P.C. : In pursuance of the order passed by the Division Bench on 25th November, 2008 a meeting was held by the Joint Director of Education at which the Petitioner was present. A representative of the college was also present. The Petitioner was informed that since the university had not approved the service of the Petitioner for the academic years 2006-07 and 2008, the payment of salary to the Petitioner has been stopped since October 2008 by the Education Department. At the same time the 2 Petitioner was informed that a letter would be addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the University to process the proposal and that upon the receipt of the approval by the University the salary due to the Petitioner would be disbursed. Copies of the minutes of the meeting dated 10th June, 2009 and of the letter dated 30th June, 2009 addressed by the Joint Director of Education to the Vice Chancellor are placed on the record of these proceedings. In view of the aforesaid circumstances, it cannot be said that the Respondents are in breach of the directions issued by the Division Bench. The Contempt Petition is dismissed leaving it open to the Petitioner to take recourse to such substantive remedies as are available in law. *****