IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO. 8914 OF 2004 PETITION NO. 8914 OF 2004 PETITION NO. 8914 OF 2004 Shri Saudagar Changdeo Mane. ... Petitioner. V/s. The Joint Director of Higher Education, Kolhapur Region and others. ... Respondents. S.G.Kudle for the petitioner. C.R.Sonawane, AGP for respondent Nos.1 and 5. CORAM CORAM CORAM : : : S.B.MHASE S.B.MHASE S.B.MHASE AND R.S.MOHITE, JJ. AND R.S.MOHITE, JJ. AND R.S.MOHITE, JJ. DATED DATED DATED : : : 2nd 2nd 2nd November 2004. November 2004. November 2004. P.C. P.C. P.C. : : : . Heard Mr.Kudle for the petitioner and Mr.Sonawane, A.G.P. for respondent Nos.1 and 5. 2. The petitioner is a Library Attendant in respondent No.3 - college. Respondent No.4 is the management which runs respondent No.3 - college. Petitioner was initially appointed as Peon. He was later on promoted as Library Attendant with effect from 1st September, 1982. However, his pay fixation in the post of Library Attendant has not been carried out. Respondent Nos.3 and 4 have submitted the proposal on 14th June, 2002 to respondent No.1 with a request to carry out pay fixation of the petitioner. The said proposal is not disposed of by respondent No.1 and, therefore, this petition. 3. What we find is that this petition can be disposed of by giving direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the proposal submitted by respondent Nos.3 and 4 on its own merits within a stipulated period. Therefore, we pass the following order: O R D E R . Writ petition is partly allowed. . Respondent No.1 is hereby directed to dispose of the proposal submitted by respondent Nos.3 and 4 on 14th June, 2002, in respect of pay fixation of the petitioner, if already not disposed of. The said proposal shall be disposed of on its own merits within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. If the proposal is already disposed of and if the result is not communicated, the respondent No.1 is directed to communicate the result to respondent Nos.3 and 4. . With the above directions, petition is disposed of. . All the concerned to act on authenticated copy of this order. (R.S.MOHITE, (R.S.MOHITE, (R.S.MOHITE, J.) J.) J.) (S.B.MHASE, (S.B.MHASE, (S.B.MHASE, J.) J.) J.)