1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.978 OF 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of | Coram, appearances, Court’s orders | Court’s or Judge’s or directions and Registrar’s | orders orders | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. A.N. Nagargoje, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V.D. Godbharle, A.G.P. for respondent Nos. 1 to 5. CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR, AND S.S. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 15TH FEBRUARY, 2010 Counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No. 4 has no authority to entertain the appeal and that at best, the appeal against the impugned decision could be maintained before the Director. At the same time, he submits that the petitioner would be more than content if respondent No.4 is directed to decide pending appeal expeditiously. 2. In the circumstances, this petition is disposed of with direction to 2 respondent No.4 to decide the pending appeal as expeditiously as possible and in any case, within four weeks from today. All questions that have been agitated in the present Writ Petition or to be agitated in the pending appeal, are left open to be considered, on its own merits, in accordance with law. We hope and trust that respondent No. 4 shall consider the request of the petitioner for being added as party in the pending appeal and in any case, to be heard in the matter. 3. The petition is disposed of on the above terms. ( S.S. SHINDE, J. ) (A.M. KHANWILKAR,J.) sut/FEB10/wp978.10