WP 2294/11 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.2294/2011 _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri Sanjay Kolhare, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent no.1. CORAM: D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 28.03.2011 Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. By this petition, the petitioner is seeking direction to respondent no.4 – the Social Welfare Officer, Zilla Parishad, Block No.1, Dist.Nanded, to decide his proposal for salary bills dated 4.4.2008 for the period 1.8.2001 to March, 2008. We are not entering into an issue as to whether the petitioner can make such claim. We are also not expressing any opinion as to whether the petitioner is entitled to seek such relief / WP 2294/11 2 arrears of his salaries. Learned AGP submits that the concerned authority shall consider the petitioner’s proposal. In the circumstances, we dispose of the petition by the following order. Respondent no.4 – the Social Welfare Officer shall consider the petitioner’s proposal dated 4.4.2008 on merits in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of this order and communicate the decision to the petitioner immediately thereafter. While passing this order, we shall not be understood to have issued any direction to respondent no.4 on merits of the case. We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on merits of the case. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (D.B. Bhosale, J.) Dt/- 28.03.2011 ndk/c2831116