(1) wp7785-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7785 OF 2011 Students' Academic Education Society, Aurangabad PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT ..... Mr. S.V. Natu, advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.V. Kurundkar, Govt. Pleader for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 13th OCTOBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner restricts his claim for directions to the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation/application dated 24th November, 2010 for grant of recognition and status to the petitioner Institution as "Minority Educational Institution". 2. Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner's said representation/application is pending for almost one year, we dispose of the (2) wp7785-11 petition by directing the respondents to decide the petitioner's aforementioned representation/ application on its own merits, within a period of two months from today. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp7785-11