1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE Writ Petition No.8146 of 2006 Ms.Sujata Kamlakar Hande .. .. Petitioner v/s. The Maharashtra Public Service Commission. .. .. Respondents Mr.J. Shekhar i/by M/s.J.Shekhar & Co. for petitioner. Mrs.M.P. Thakur, AGP for respondents. Mr.Sanjay P. Deshmukh, D. Officer, MPSC (present) ---- CORAM : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, JJ. Dated : 7th December 2007 P.C. : 1.Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned AGP Mrs.M.P.Thakur for the respondents. She has tendered in court a letter dated 7th December 2007 addressed by Maharashtra Public Service Commission (“MPSC” for short) to her, inter alia, stating that the petitioner is being held by MPSC as eligible candidate for Engineering Service Examination-2004 and, therefore, result of the petitioner will 2 be processed and declared. 2.On instructions from Mr.Sanjay P. Deshmukh, D. Officer, MPSC, who is present in the court today, Mrs.Thakur states that the results will be declared by the end of December 2007. This statement is accepted. Letter dated 7th December 2007 is taken on record and marked “X”. 3.In the circumstances, the impugned letter dated 18th November 2006 must be quashed and set aside and it is accordingly quashed and set aside. Petition is disposed of in the aforestated terms. 4.Needless to say that the order passed by this court on 19.12.2006 directing the 1st respondent to reserve post for the petitioner till disposal of the petition shall now continue to operate till the declaration of the results. (SMT.RANJANA DESAI, J.) (SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, J.)