Swatanter Kumar, C.J.

The Petitioner Gramvikas Shikshan Prasarak Mandal is a Public Charitable Trust as well a Society duly registered under the Public Trusts Act, 1950, and the Societies Registration Act, 1860, respectively, which claims that it is running one Secondary School from 5th to 12th standard at Talegaon Dhamdhere. The Deputy Director of Education, Pune Region, Pune and the Director of Education are responsible for and have overall control over educational activities in the Pune region and State of Maharashtra, respectively. The school run by the Petitioner was established and started in the year 1959 and there are nearly 1300 to 1500 students studying in the said school. According to the petitioner, the school has been showing good results in the academic courses. There is another secondary school at Vithalwadi which is at a distance of 4 kms., run by Pandurang Shikshan Prasarak Mandal. In fact, there are two other schools, one at Sanaswadi run by Nareshwar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, and the other at Shirur run by Shirur Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, which are nearly 3 kms away from the Petitioners’ school. The population of Talegaon Dhamdhere is nearly 10000 and