WP 1978/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1978/2011 Mahesh @ Balu Khomne V/s Mayor, Nanded Waghala City Municipal Corporation & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri B.L. Sagar Killarikar, Advocate for petitioner. Respondent no.1 served. Shri P.S. Dighe, Advocate h/f Shri V.R. Dhorde, Advocate for respondent no.2. Shri M.V. Deshpande, Advocate for respondent no.3. Smt.V.A. Shinde, AGP for respondent no.4. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & S.B. DESHMUKH, JJ. Date: 15.06.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. In this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent no.1 – Mayor to decide his letter dated 16.12.2010 (Exhibit C to the petition) within time frame wherein he has prayed for recognizing him as a Leader of Opposition being group of leader of WP 1978/11 2 party in opposition. Learned counsel for respondent no.1 submits that respondent no.1 – Mayor shall consider and decide the request / prayer made by the petitioner in the letter dated 16.12.2010 within a period of four weeks from today after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and respondent no. 2. His statement is accepted. We hope and trust that respondent no. 1 – Mayor shall decide the prayer made by the petitioner in the letter dated 16.12.2010 on merits in accordance with law. With these observations, the petition is disposed of. (S.B. Deshmukh, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 15.06.2011 ndk/c1561119