-: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.2948 OF 2009 Dinesh Madhusudan Joshi : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2939 OF 2009 Madhuri S. Phegade : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2940 OF 2009 Anuradha Mohan Desai : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2941 OF 2009 Vimal Jaykumar Patil : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2942 OF 2009 -: 2 :- Kavita Santosh Bhosekar : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2943 OF 2009 Sangeeta Mahendra Baviskar : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2944 OF 2009 S.U.Parab : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2945 OF 2009 Gauri Samir Karve : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... WRIT PETITION NO.2946 OF 2009 Pallavi Chandrakant Deshpande : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... AND WRIT PETITION NO.2947 OF 2009 -: 3 :- Deepali Mandar Shitut (Mukadam) : Petitioner V/s. Dyanasadhana & Ors. : Respondents ... Mr.Mihir Desai for the petitioners. Mr.Girish Paryani i/b. Mr.M.S.Lagu for resp. nos.1 & 2. Mr.S.N.Patil, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for resp. nos.3 & 4 in Writ Petition Nos.2948/2009, 2939/2009, 2943/2009 & 2944/2009. Mr.A.P.Vanarse, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for resp. nos.3 & 4 in Writ Petition Nos.2940/2009, 2941/2009, 2945/2009 to 2947/2009. Ms S.S.Bhende, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for resp. nos.3 & 4 in Writ Petition No.2942/2009. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : MARCH 26, 2009. P.C. 1. Rule, returnable forthwith. The learned counsel for the respective respondents waive service. Heard by consent. 2. After hearing the matter for sometime, the following order is passed by consent:- O R D E R (i) The order rejecting the approval of the petitioners by a common order dated 2.1.2009 is hereby set -: 4 :- aside. The respondent, Deputy Director of Education, will grant approval to the petitioners, save and except if there is some reason hitherto unknown which would render the grant of an approval illegal, within a period of four weeks from today. The approval shall be granted, subject to compliance with the relevant rules pertaining to reservation of posts. The respondent no.3 shall not refuse his approval to the petitioners who are candidates holding open category posts on the ground that there is a backlog in the reserved category posts. This shall not relieve the respondent-management from the responsibility of filling the backlog and the Deputy Director of Education shall be entitled to take steps to ensure that the backlog is filled up. (ii) Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms. S.A. BOBDE, J.