1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 955 /2011 (Smt. Deepmala Santosh Varat vs. The State of Maharashtra and others ) .................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : D.D.SINHA & A.P.BHANGALE, JJ DATED : 25th February, 2011. Heard Mr. U.J.Deshpande, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr Nitin Sambre, learned Government Pleader for respondent no.1-State. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is working as Shikshan Sevika and her husband died within three years of joining the said post and she became a widow. It is submitted that in view of the Circular dated 28.11.2005, in such circumstances, the Shikshan Sevika is required to be given a posting at her native town if there is facility available. Learned counsel for petitioner has further submitted that for redressal of her grievance, the petitioner has already submitted a representation to the respondent no.3 dated 4.10.2008 which is pending for decision and, therefore, prayed that direction be given to the respondent no.3 to decide the same within a stipulated period. 2 In view of the above-referred facts, we direct the respondent no.3 to decide the representation of the petitioner, if not decided earlier, if the respondent no.3 is competent authority to do so, in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard,. within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of this order. If the respondent no.3 is not the competent authority to decide the said representation then the respondent no.3 should forward the same to the authority competent to decide the same within a period of ten days from the date of communication of this order and the authority concerned should decide the same in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of such a representation from Respondent No.3. With these directions and observations. Writ Petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE sahare