: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.6673 OF 2000 WRIT PETITION NO.6673 OF 2000 WRIT PETITION NO.6673 OF 2000 Avinash Vasant Thipse residing at Sector No.25 Building 47/5, Sindhi Nagar, Nigadi, Pune - 411 004 ... Petitioner V/s. 1. The Secretary Social Welfare Cultural Affairs & Sports Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2. The Director Social Welfare Department 3, Church Road, M.S. Road Pune - 411 001 ... Respondents Mr.K.S. Bapat for Petitioner Mr.S.R. Nargolkar, AGP, for Respondents CORAM: V.G. PALSHIKAR & V.G. PALSHIKAR & V.G. PALSHIKAR & SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, JJ. DATED: FEBRUARY 18, 2005 FEBRUARY 18, 2005 FEBRUARY 18, 2005 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER PALSHIKAR, J.): ORAL JUDGMENT (PER PALSHIKAR, J.): ORAL JUDGMENT (PER PALSHIKAR, J.): . By this Petition, the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal is challenged. 2. That order of the Tribunal decided four Original Applications before the Tribunal. Of the four applications, two were allowed by the Tribunal itself and the dismissal of the two was questioned before this Court by two different Writ Petitions. The present one : 2 : being one of those two. The other Writ Petition No.3999 of 2002 was heard and decided by us on 13.1.2005 and the impugned order in relation to the original-applicant D.K. Thorat in that case was set aside. For the reasons recorded in that judgment in the Writ Petition, the impugned order in relation to the present Petitioner is also liable to be set aside. It is accordingly set aside. The Respondents are, therefore, directed to reinstate the Petitioner in service with continuity of service and 50% backwages. 3. Certified copy expedited.