1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4832 OF 2009 Shaikh Shoib Ahmed Nurruddin, Age 25 years, Occu.Service, R/o Ansarulla Nagar, Near Lal Building, Bhusawal, Taluka Bhusawal, District Jalgaon .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra through the Secretary, School Education, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2. The Deputy Director of Education, Nashik Region, Nashik 3. The Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon 4. The Headmaster, Anglo Urdu High School, Pachora, Taluka Pachora, District Jalgaon .. RESPONDENTS Ms.Surekha Mahajan, Advocate for petitioner Shri N.N.Jadhav, AGP for respondents 1 to 3 Shri S.S.Phatale, Advocate holding for Shri A.B.Madke, Advocate for respondent No.4 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND A.V. POTDAR, JJ DATE : 14th October 2009 2 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER P.V.HARDAS , J ] 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner prays for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing respondent No.3 to grant approval to the petitioner for the period 1.5.2009 till 30.6.2011. By virtue of prayer clause (C) to the petition, the petitioner also prays for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing respondent No.3 to reconsider the proposal dated 16.9.2008 submitted by the respondent No.4 – Management in respect of grant of approval to the petitioner for the period 1.7.2008 to 30.6.2011. 3. We need not advert to the facts of the present case as it would suffice to state that the learned Assistant Government Pleader on instructions from the respondent-State states that respondent No.3 would reconsider the proposal of the petitioner dated 16.9.2008. On the strength of the said statement, which we accept as an undertaking to Court, we allow this petition and direct the respondent No.3 to reconsider the proposal of the petitioner dated 16.9.2008 on its own merits, in accordance with 3 law, within period of four weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no orders as to costs. ( A.V.POTDAR ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/4832.09wp)