-1- IN IN IN THE THE THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE APPELLATE APPELLATE JURISDICTION JURISDICTION JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION PETITION PETITION NO.6220 OF 2007 NO.6220 OF 2007 NO.6220 OF 2007 Shikshan Mandal, Karad through its Secretary Dr R.G. Prabhune and anr. ...Petitioners v/s The State of Maharashtra and ors. ...Respondents Mr A.V. Anturkar i/b Mr S. Deshmukh for Petitioners. Mr N.P. Deshpande, A.G.P. for Respondents. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH AND V.M. KANADE JJ. DATE : 7TH JANUARY 2008. -2- P.C. :- 1. By consent of parties, petition is disposed off in following terms. 2. Within two weeks from today, the petitioners will submit application to the respondent No.5 for permission to open a school at Village Kolewadi, Taluka Karad, District Satara. On receiving application, the respondent No.5 shall process the application in accordance with law and submit it to the respondent No.4 - Deputy Director of Education, Kolhapur within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving the application. The respondent No.4 thereafter shall consider the application in accordance with law and pass a reasoned order on the application and communicate it to the petitioners within a period of two weeks from the date of receiving the proposal from the respondent No.5. In case the application is not granted, the petitioners shall be free to adopt appropriate remedy against that order. Till the respondent No.4 makes and communicates his order in accordance with this order, no penal action shall be initiated against the petitioners. . Parties to act on the copy of this order duly -3- authenticated by the Sheristedar / Private Secretary of the Court. . Certified copy expedited. ( D.K. DESHMUKH J.) ( V.M. KANADE J.)