W.P.No.6570/2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6570 OF 2008 Jagannath Sahebrao Gharte ..Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors. ..Respondents Mr N.L.Choudhary, Advocate for petitioner Mr P.P.More, A.G.P. for respondents 1 to 3 Mr P.D.Patil, Advocate holding for Mr A.B.Girase, Advocate for respondent No.4 Mr R.J.Godbole, Advocate for respondent No.5 Mr Alok Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General for respondent No.6 - WITH - WRIT PETITION NO.4911 OF 2009 Ganesh Nawal Patil ..Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors. ..Respondents Mr N.L.Choudhary, Advocate for petitioner Mr P.P.More, A.G.P. for respondents 1 Mr P.D.Patil, Advocate holding for Mr A.B.Girase, Advocate for respondent No.2 Mr Ajaykumar G.Magare, Advocate for respondent No.3 Mr Alok Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General for respondent No.4 and 5 - WITH - W.P.No.6570/2008 2 WRIT PETITION NO.7153 OF 2008 Ramesh Jayram Patil ..Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and ors. ..Respondents Mr N.L.Choudhary, Advocate for petitioner Mr P.P.More, A.G.P. for respondents 1 to 3 Mr P.D.Patil, Advocate holding for Mr A.B.Girase, Advocate for respondent No.4 Mr P.S.Patil, Advocate for respondent No.5 CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE & S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 22nd March 2011 PER COURT 1. The only prayer in all these petitions filed by Lecturers of different colleges is that the College in which each of them is teaching should be directed to forward the proposal of the respective petitioners for relaxation of the compulsion to appear for the NET/SET examination. As a consequence the petitioners have also sought a further direction to the University, which will receive the proposals from the respective colleges to forward the proposals to the University Grants Commission. 2. Mr Sharma, learned Assistant Solicitor General appearing for the University Grants Commission states that the University Grants W.P.No.6570/2008 3 Commission has taken a policy decision in 2009 not to consider specific cases for exemption from the application of the NET/SET Regulation of 2009. 3. Admittedly, all the petitioners had been in service prior to 2001. By a judgment of this Court in Writ Petition No.3675 of 2003, the Division Bench at Nagpur in similar circumstances has directed the University Grants Commission to consider the proposals sent by the respective Colleges through the University on the basis of the policy prevailing in 1999-2001. 4. The petitions are, therefore, disposed of by directing the respective colleges to forward the proposals of the petitioners for relaxation of the NET/SET Regulation within three weeks from today. The University, which receives the proposals from the respective colleges will in turn forward the proposals to the University Grants Commission within four weeks from the receipt of the proposals. The University Grants Commission shall consider the proposals, in accordance with law and the policy applicable to the petitioners, within eight weeks from the receipt of those proposals. Writ Petitions disposed of accordingly. ( S.S. SHINDE, J.) ( SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. ) (vvr/6570.08wp)