{1} 21-CP-157-2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CONT. PETITION NO. 157 OF 2023 IN WP/1143/2022 Ramraje Laxmanrao Deshmukh ….Petitioner VERSUS Nagnath Shinde The Education Officer And Others …..Respondents ….. Mr. S.V. Deshmukh, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. A.R. Kale, AGP for State Smt. S.T. Jadhav h/f Mr. P.D. Suryawanshi, Advocate for respondent No. 4 Mr. A.G. Talhar, Advocate for respondent No. 5 Mr. R.D. Khadap, Advocate for respondent No. 6 ....... CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND VAISHALI PATIL JADHAV, JJ. DATE : 08th DECEMBER, 2025 ORDER : 1. Smt. Priyarani D. Patil, Education Officer is present in the Court. She has filed affidavit in reply stating that the Headmaster delayed forwarding of pension proposal of the petitioner and proposal in that behalf is forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education, Chhatrapati Sambhajimnagar on 03.12.2025. 2. Learned AGP submits that 12 weeks time would be required for sanction of petitioner’s proposal and payment of interest to the petitioner . Bhagyawant Punde 2025:BHC-AUG:35203-DB {2} 21-CP-157-2023 3. We record the said statement as undertaking to this Court and dispose of the contempt petition by directing the respondents to release the interest amount due to the petitioner within 12 weeks from today. 4. It is made clear that if time stipulation is not followed, the same will be treated as aggravated form of contempt. (VAISHALI PATIL JADHAV, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) Bhagyawant Punde