1 AS-PIL215.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 215 OF 2010 Shri Kailash Machhindra Jadhav ... Petitioner Vs 1. The Secretary, Higher & Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. V.S. Deokar i/b R.S. Jadhav for the Petitioner. Mr. V.D. Patil, AGP, for the Respondent No.1. CORAM : MOHIT SHAH, C.J. & S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. THURSDAY, 6TH JANUARY, 2011. P.C. : 1. The petitioner in this petition, purporting to be a public interest litigation, has challenged the selection process for appointment to the post of Director of Libraries. This, essentially, is a service matter and, therefore, this PIL is not maintainable. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. Dismissal of this petition on the above ground will not come in the way of appropriate proceedings being filed before the appropriate forum on the same subject matter. CHIEF JUSTICE S.J. VAZIFDAR, J.