1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE Writ Petition No.54 of 2007 Sri Sant Tukaram Shikshan Prasarak Mandal & ors. .. .. Petitioners v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. .. .. Respondents W I T H Writ Petition No.64 of 2007 Sangola Taluka Shikshan Prasark Mandal & ors. .. .. Petitioners v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. .. Respondents W I T H Writ Petition No.75 of 2007 Prince Shivaji Boarding House & ors. .. Petitioners v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. .. Respondents W I T H Writ Petition No.214 of 2007 Yashodeep Samajik Vikas Sanstha & ors. .. Petitioners v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. .. Respondents Mr.S.J . Ghogare for petitioner. 2 Mr.C.R. Sonawane, AGP for respondent Nos.1 to 4. ----- CORAM : SMT.RANJANA DESAI & SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, JJ. Dated : 14 th January 2008 P.C. : 1. Mr.Ghogare, learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners shall make an application to the State Government for the reliefs sought in the above petitions for change of the petitioners' institutions' recognition from permanent no grant basis to unaided basis as per the policy of the Government and to provide the State Government aid to the petitioners' institutions as per the criteria laid down by the State Government. He states that if such an application is made, the State Government may be directed to consider it in accordance with law. We also heard the learned AGP. We note the presence of Mr.Madhav Keshav Alwekar, petitioner no.19 in Writ Petition No.75 of 2007 in our court today. 2. In the circumstances of the case, in our opinion, the 3 following order will meet the ends of justice:- If an application is made by the petitioners for change of the petitioners' institutions' recognition from permanent no grant basis to unaided basis as per the policy of the Government and to provide the State Government aid to the petitioners' institutions as per the criteria laid down by the State Government, the State Government shall consider it independently, in accordance with law and its policy and communicate the result thereof to the petitioners. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. 3. The petitions are disposed of in the aforestated terms. (SMT.RANJANA DESAI, J.) (SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, J.)