1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6488 OF 2010 Jijamata Gramin Vikas Sevabhavi Sanstha, Vadgaon, through its President Vidyasagar s/o Pundlikrao Chikhlikar, Age 42 years, Occu.Social Worker & Agriculturist, R/o Shivajinagar, Taluka and District Parbhani .. PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Maharashtra, Through its Secretary, Department of School Education, Mantralaya, Mumbai 32 2. The Director Education, Maharashtra State, Pune, Fort, Mumbai 1 .. RESPONDENTS Mr.I.D.Maniyar, Advocate holding for Mr.V.S.Panpatte, Advocate for petitioner Mr.S.K.Kadam, Assistant Government Pleader for respondents 1 and 2 CORAM : P.V. HARDAS AND N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ DATE : 22nd July 2010 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER P.V.HARDAS, J.) 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 2. According to the petitioner, the proposal submitted by the petitioner-society for grant of permission to open a secondary school in Marathi medium at Zola (Pimpri), Taluka Sonpeth, District Parbhani has not been decided by the respondents. In that light of the matter, therefore, we are inclined to allow this petition. 3. We, accordingly, allow this petition and direct the respondents to decide the proposal of the petitioner-society, if pending, in accordance with law, within period of two months from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. Rule made absolute on the above terms with no orders as to costs. ( N.D.DESHPANDE ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE (vvr/6488.10wp)