-1- IN IN IN THE THE THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE APPELLATE APPELLATE JURISDICTION JURISDICTION JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION PETITION PETITION NO.3588 OF 2003 NO.3588 OF 2003 NO.3588 OF 2003 The State of Maharashtra and ors. ...Petitioners v/s Chandrakant S. Deshpande ...Respondent Ms M.P.Thakur, AGP for Petitioners. None for Respondent. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH AND R.Y. GANOO JJ. DATE : 16TH JUNE 2008. -2- P.C. :- 1. By this petition, the petitioners challenge the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai in original application No.484 of 2000 dated 5th August 2002. We have gone through the record with the help of the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for petitioners. None appears for the respondent though served. We have perused the judgment of the M.A.T. The judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of D.V. Kapoor v/s Union of India and ors., reported in (1990) 4 SCC 314. We have also gone through the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in writ petition No.3421 of 2003 (State of Maharashtra v/s Shri K.B. Nimbalkar and anr.) dated 3rd February 2006. We find that the facts and law involved in this petition are identical to the facts and law involved in writ petition No.3421 of 2003. We are in agreement with the reasons given by the Division Bench of this Court in the above stated judgment dated 3rd February 2006. For the reasons disclosed in that judgment, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a) with no order as to costs. . Parties to act on the copy of this order duly -3- authenticated by the Sheristedar / Private Secretary of the Court. . Certified copy expedited. ( D.K. DESHMUKH J.) ( R.Y. GANOO J.)