FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s Orders. COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WRIT PETITION NO. 753 OF 2011 WITH WP/754/2011 & WP/757/2011 DATTU @ DATTATRAYA BALASAHEB LAGAD VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS ... Advocate for Petitioners : Shri Karad Murlidhar S AGP for Respondents: Shri Godbharale V.D. ... CORAM : D B BHOSALE & S B DESHMUKH, JJ. Dated: July 18, 2011 ... 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Inter alia, the prayers made in this Writ Petition and in a group of five Writ Petitions (Writ Petition No. 507 of 2011 with connected Writ Petitions) are similar. The order / letter impugned in those Writ Petitions and in the present Writ Petitions are also similar. In view thereof, learned counsel for the petitioners prayed for disposal of these three Writ Petitions also in terms of the order dated 19.4.2011, by which the aforementioned group of five Writ Petitions was disposed of. Learned AGP does not dispute the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioners 3. Hence Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by consent of learned counsel for the parties. 4. We dispose of these petitions in terms of the order dated 19.4.2011 and issue the following directions. (A) The impugned orders / letters, issued by respondent No.2 - District Rehabilitation Officer, Beed, (2) WP/753/2011 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s Orders. COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS are set aside. The petitioner's applications for seeking PAP certificates are restored to file. The District Rehabilitation Officer shall consider the petitioners' applications afresh in the light of the Government Resolution dated 3rd May, 2010, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of this order, on merits in accordance with law. (B) It is open to the petitioners to place further material, if any, in support of their claim along with copy of his order before the District Rehabilitation Officer within a period of four weeks from today. (C) If, for any reason, the District Rehabilitation Officer is not inclined to grant the petitioners' applications, he shall give them an opportunity of being heard before passing final order. (D) While passing this order, we shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case. (E) Rule is disposed of in terms of above order. 5. Copy of this order, duly authenticated by the Court Shirestedar be supplied to learned counsel for the parties, on their request. ( S B DESHMUKH, J. ) ( D B BHOSALE, J. ) akl