1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 6152 OF 2010 (Maharashtra Vidya Prasarak Mandal and others .v. State of Maharashtra and others) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. Shri S.R. Deshpande, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri A.M. Deshpande, AGP for the respondent Nos.1 and 2. Shri S.V. Sirpurkar, Advocate for the respondent Nos.3, 4 and 5. CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. 04TH AUGUST, 2011. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. It appears that by an order dated 29.05.2010, the respondent-Education Officer, Zilla Parishad, Buldana withdrew the financial and administrative powers given to the petitioner Nos.3 and 4 on the ground that the proposal in regard to the same was not received from the management in office. By another impugned order, dated 03.08.2010, the Education Officer, Zilla Parishad, Buldana held that further action would be taken in view of the decision in Writ Petition No. 1214 of 1996 and the copy of the recent PTR register. It is the case of the petitioners that though the petitioner Nos.3 and 4 are the senior most teachers in the two schools run by the society, their financial and administrative powers have been illegally withdrawn only on the ground that the proposal did not come from the proper management. It is, however, submitted on behalf of the respondents that the respondent Nos.4 and 5 are the senior most teachers and the financial and administrative powers granted to the petitioner Nos.3 and 4 were rightly withdrawn in view of this position. In this backdrop, the grievance of the parties would be redressed if the Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Buldana decides the issue of seniority of the petitioner Nos.3 and 4 and the respondent Nos.4 and 5 and then passes an order 2 granting the financial and administrative powers to the teachers who are held to be the senior most in the two schools. The Education Officer is accordingly directed to decide the same and to complete the aforesaid exercise in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of this order. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms with no order as to costs. It is needless to mention that the Education Officer should pass the order after hearing the parties to this petition and without being influenced by the earlier orders. The parties undertake to appear before the Education Officer on 16th August, 2011 so that issuance of the notices to the parties could be dispensed with. Steno copy of this order is granted on request. JUDGE JUDGE *rrg.