-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.416 OF 2008 Santosh Gajanan Khilari : Petitioner V/s. Joint Director of Higher Education & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.Mihir Desai for the petitioner. Ms U. Palsule-Desai, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for resp. nos.1 and 2. Mr.Abhay Patki for respondent nos.3 & 4. ... CORAM : S.B.MHASE & A.A.KUMBHAKONI,JJ. DATE : JUNE 12, 2008. P.C. 1. Mr.Desai, the learned counsel for the petitioner, prays that the petitioner be permitted to follow the remedy of filing an appeal with the College Tribunal and, therefore, states that he may be allowed to withdraw the petition. He further prays that the interim stay granted by this Court on 4.4.2008 may be kept operative till the final disposal of the proposed appeal by the Tribunal. The learned counsel for the respondents has no objection. 2. Accordingly, we pass the following order:- -: 2 :- O R D E R (i) The petition is allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to approach the alternative forum available to the petitioner. (ii) The petitioner shall avail of the alternative remedy within a period of one week. If the alternative remedy is availed of by the petitioner within a period of one week, the Tribunal shall decide the matter within four weeks thereafter. (iii) The interim stay order granted by this Court on 4.4.2008 shall be continued till the disposal of the alternative remedy that may be availed of. If the alternative remedy is not availed of within a period of one week from today, the interim order granted by this Court shall stand vacated. (A.A. KUMBHAKONI, J.) (S.B. MHASE, J.)