:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4267 OF 2000 WRIT PETITION NO. 4267 OF 2000 WRIT PETITION NO. 4267 OF 2000 Mrs. Vandana Shriram Patil ..Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Shri N. V. Bandiwadekar Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri C. R. Sonawane, AGP for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. Shri A. G. Kothari Advocate for the Respondent Nos. 4 and 5. WITH WITH WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4282 OF 2000 WRIT PETITION NO. 4282 OF 2000 WRIT PETITION NO. 4282 OF 2000 Mrs. Ramadevi G. Nair ..Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents Shri N. V. Bandiwadekar Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri C. R. Sonawane, AGP for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 3. Shri A. G. Kothari Advocate for the Respondent Nos. 4 and 5. CORAM : R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR & CORAM : R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR & CORAM : R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR & NARESH H. PATIL, JJ. NARESH H. PATIL, JJ. NARESH H. PATIL, JJ. DATE : 24TH AUGUST, 2006 DATE : 24TH AUGUST, 2006 DATE : 24TH AUGUST, 2006 P.C. : P.C. : P.C. : :2: 1. In both these matters, the learned Advocates for the Petitioners along with the Petitioners, as well as the Advocates for the Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 along with the said Respondents are present in the Court and submit that the parties have arrived at amicable settlement and place on record Minutes of Consent Order under the signature of the Advocate for the Petitioners as well as Advocate for the Respondents, viz. The State of Maharashtra, Deputy Director of Education and the private Respondents. The Minutes of Order filed in both the Petitions are taken on record and marked Exhibit ’X’ and ’X-1’ Exhibit ’X’ and ’X-1’ Exhibit ’X’ and ’X-1’ respectively, for identification. Advocate for the Petitioners as well as for the private Respondents have further submitted that in terms of the amicable settlement, arrived at, no financial liability is cast upon the State Government or the Zilla Parishad. The Schools in question are un-aided and the payment of salary of the Petitioners is agreed to be paid under the Minutes of Consent Order should not be a burden in any manner either upon the Government or upon the Zilla Parishad. As far as the Zilla Parishad Officer is concerned, its role would be only to determine the arrears of salary payable to the Petitioners. Apart from deciding the :3: said matter, there would be no role for the Education Officer in the entire amicable settlement arrived at between the parties. 2. In the circumstances, therefore the amicable settlement arrived at in terms of the Minutes of Consent Order placed on record is accepted and the Petitions are disposed of in accordance with the said Minutes of Consent Order. There shall be no order as to costs. Rule made absolute in above terms in both the Petitions. (R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR, J. ) (R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR, J. ) (R.M.S. KHANDEPARKAR, J. ) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.) (NARESH H. PATIL, J.)