1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2340 OF 2008 Gorakhnath Vithoba Deshmukh ..Petitioner. Vs. Raja Bhagavantrao Jr. College of Arts & Science, (Agricultural), Aundh and others ..Respondents. .... Mr. N.V. Bandiwadekar for the Petitioner. Ms. P.U. Badadare for Respondents 1 to 3. Mr. A.P. Vanarase, AGP for Respondent No.4. .... CORAM: DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. 30th June, 2008. P.C. : During the pendency of the appeal filed by the Petitioner against the termination of his service as an Assistant Teacher by the management, Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3 in these proceedings on a joint pursis stated that the management was ready and willing to reinstate the Petitioner without backwages to his original post. The School Tribunal by its impugned order directed the management to reinstate the Petitioner without backwages or continuity of service. The Petition before this Court has been 2 instituted only for the limited purpose of questioning the order of the School Tribunal insofar as it denies continuity of service to the Petitioner. The management is before the Court and the learned counsel has stated on instructions that the management is ready and willing to grant continuity of service to the Petitioner without any obligation for the payment of backwages. Insofar as the question of backwages is concerned, the Petitioner and the management have agreed that there shall be no liability to pay backwages. In view of the statement which has been made to the effect that the Petitioner would be granted continuity of service, it is only appropriate and proper to dispose of this Petition in terms of the statement which has been made before the Court by the management. There shall be an order in the aforesaid terms. The salary of the Petitioner shall now be refixed on the basis that he has been granted continuity of service by the management in accordance with the rules. The Petition is accordingly disposed of. *****