1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.6749 OF 2002 Arun Vasant Pawar & Anr. ...Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents. .... Mr. A. I. I. Patel for the Petitioner. Mr. R. D. Rane, G.P. with Mr. V. P. Malvankar, AGP for Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3. ..... CORAM : F.I. REBELLO, J. AND DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, J. February 8, 2006. P.C. The Petitioner approached this Court in the matter of merit list prepared in the month of August 2001. For the Academic Year 2001-02 appointments have already been made. We are in the year 2006. We are, therefore, not inclined to grant any relief in terms of prayer clause (c ). Even otherwise, Counsel for the Petitioner does not press prayer (a). The learned Counsel, however, states that the State Government issued G.R. dated 21st October 2002 in the matter of appointments on merit list. The State Government is, however, not following the same. We see no reason if the G.R. dated 21st October 2002 which is still in the field, as to why the Respondents should not follow the same. It is an 2 ordinary principle of law that the Respondent is bound to follow and make appointments in terms of the law in force. With the above observation, the Petition stands disposed of. ( F.I. Rebello, J.) (Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud, J.)