(1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 7552 OF 2008 Sahebrao Maske Patil Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Bahegavhan, Taluka : Wadwani, District : Beed, Through the Secretary, Ranjeet s/o. B. Maske, Age : 35 years, Occupation : Secretary, R/o. Wadwani, Dist. Beed. .. Petitioner. versus 1. The State of Maharashtra, Higher & Technical Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32, Through the Secretary. 2. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Through the Registrar. .. Respondents. ....................... Mr. P.V. Mandlik, Senior Advocate, holding for Mr. Amol Gandhi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Kadam, Assistant Government Pleader, for respondent no.1. ......................... (2) CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 5TH OCTOBER 2009. COURT'S ORDER (Per B.R. Gavai, J.) : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. Inspite of grant of several adjournments, no reply is filed on behalf of the respondent State. 3. As no order prejudicial to the interest of respondent no.2 is being passed, service upon rule, on the said respondent is waived. 4. A limited grievance made by the petitioner is that the proposal submitted by the petitioner, for grant of permission to start Science and Commerce College at Wadwani (District : Beed), though recommended by the respondent no.2, has not yet been decided by the respondent no.1. 5. In that view of the matter, the petition is partly allowed. The respondent no.1 is directed to take decision on the proposal of the petitioner, for starting new Science and Commerce College at Wadwani (District : Beed), within a period of eight weeks from today, and communicate the decision to the petitioner immediately thereafter. (3) 6. Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. There shall be no order as to costs. ( N.D. DESHPANDE ) ( B.R. GAVAI ) JUDGE JUDGE ......................... bgp/wp7552