: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION WRIT PETITION WRIT PETITION NO.9006 OF 2005 NO.9006 OF 2005 NO.9006 OF 2005 The Secretary, Bharat Hindi Prachar ) Samiti. ).. Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra and others ).. Respondents Mr.S.S. Sakhare for the Petitioner. Mr.S.R. Nargolkar, Assistant Government Pleader, for Respondent No.1. CORAM: V.G. PALSHIKAR, Ag. C.J. AND CORAM: V.G. PALSHIKAR, Ag. C.J. AND CORAM: V.G. PALSHIKAR, Ag. C.J. AND SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: 23RD JANUARY 2006 DATED: 23RD JANUARY 2006 DATED: 23RD JANUARY 2006 P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: . By this Petition, the Petitioner prays that the State of Maharashtra be mandated to grant recognition to the degrees and diplomas and other qualifications awarded by Hindi Sahitya Sammellan Prayag, Allahabad for the purpose of education and employment in the State of Maharashtra. 2. Such prayer cannot be granted because the Petitioner has no right to claim such equivalence or recognition. What has been ordered by various Governments and Government of India is recognition of the standards of Hindi in examinations held in various States as equal : 2 : to the standards of Hindi in degrees and diplomas awarded by Hindi Sahitya Sammellan. The equivalence granted is only for the purpose of standards in Hindi and not for the purpose of whole degree. Such being the situation, there is no right in the Petitioner to claim such Mandamus. Hence, Petition dismissed.