1 8 WP 5621.24 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 5621 OF 2024 Paramhansa Ramkrishna Maunibaba Shikshan Sansthan, Chikhli District Buldhana, Maharashtra through its Treasure Shri. Siddheshwar s/o Manohar Wanere, Aged about 61 years, R/o. Circular Road, Jijamata Nagar, Maharana Pratap Chowk, Buldhana, Tahsil and District-Buldhana, Maharashtra-443 001. .. Petitioner .. Versus .. 1. State of Maharashtra, through its Principal Secretary, Medical Education and Drugs Department, having office at 9th Floor, New Mantralaya, Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital Building, Lokmanya Tilak Marg, Mumbai-400 001. 2. Maharashtra University of Health Science, Nashik through its Registrar, Mhasrul, Dindori Road, Nashik-422 004. .. Respondents ………. Shri C.S. Kaptan, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Rahul Kalangiwale, Advocate for Petitioner. Shri M.K. Pathan, Assistant Government Pleader for Respondent No.1/State. Shri Abhijeet Deshpande, Advocate for Respondent No.2. ………. CORAM : SMT. M.S. JAWALKAR AND PRAVIN S. PATIL, JJ. DATED : 3 rd JULY, 2025. 2025:BHC-NAG:6246-DB 2 8 WP 5621.24 JUDGMENT [Per : Pravin S. Patil, J.] s 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for final disposal. 2. By this petition, petitioner is restricting his prayer to direct the respondent no.1 to decide the pending proposal/application for opening of a new Ayurveda College, dated 28.06.2022. 3. It is the submission of the petitioner that petitioner- society had passed a resolution on 24.12.2020 for opening of a New Health Sciences College from the academic year 2023-24 and in accordance with the said resolution and after completing the necessary procedure, as contemplated in Government Resolution, dated 26.10.2017, a proposal is forwarded for opening a new Ayurveda College. It is further stated that petitioner-society also made payment of requisite fees and charges as contemplated under the government policy. 3 8 WP 5621.24 4. It is stated that though the proposal is pending since 28.06.2022, there is no decision taken by the respondent no.1, particularly when the petitioner-society is inclined to open a College and start the admission process in the College. 5. In view of prayer restricted by the petitioner, the respondent no.1 is hereby directed to decide the pending proposal/application, dated 28.06.2022, within a period of one month and communicate its decision to the petitioner-society immediately. 6. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. (Pravin S. Patil, J.) (Smt. M.S. Jawalkar, J.) Gulande