Created by Fuzzy Cloud | Our 2nd AI-Powered Solution
54 judgments · newest first · showing 1–54
The petitioners, lecturers at Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar College of Pharmacy, were terminated and appealed to the School Tribunal, which held it lacked jurisdiction under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. The petitioners challenged this …
The petitioners, lecturers at Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar College of Pharmacy, were terminated and appealed to the School Tribunal, which held it lacked jurisdiction under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. The petitioners challenged this …
Sangeeta Nandlal Pawar, a headmistress of a private school, was suspended in June 2024 after an FIR under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. She was reinstated in September 2024 after a preliminary enquiry found the charges baseless, but the Education Officer failed to grant …
The petitioners, an education society, challenged a School Tribunal order that allowed the termination of Respondent No.1, a teacher appointed on a temporary basis in 2006, after he had served continuously until 2014. The petitioners argued that the employee, who held only a B.P.Ed. qualification …
The petitioner, appointed as a peon on an ad‑hoc basis on 11‑08‑2010, served continuously but was never granted permanency or the pay‑scale salary stipulated for private‑school employees. He filed a complaint under Section 28(1) of the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair …
The petitioner, Sopan Namdeo Kale, was appointed as a teacher in 2003 to a clear, vacant permanent post but was issued yearly appointment orders that labelled his service as temporary. After serving continuously for fifteen years, the management refused to allow him to join duty in 2017 and …
The petitioner, an assistant teacher promoted to Assistant Head, was reverted to her former post by a management order dated 15‑Nov‑2025, which she challenged via a writ petition under Article 226. The petition sought to set aside the order, confirm her appointment as Assistant Head, and direct …
Dattatray Ananda Jadhav filed a writ petition seeking release of salary arrears after an initial approval dated 31.03.2025 was later withdrawn by the Deputy Director of Education on 21.07.2025, invoking Rule 33 sub‑rule (5) of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) …
The petitioner, a teacher appointed on 18‑06‑2009, challenged the Education Officer’s order that treated him as junior to Respondent No.5, who was appointed on 17‑06‑2013, by relying on a grant‑in‑aid approval letter dated 17‑06‑2013. The petitioner argued that his original appointment order and …
Swamini Sanjay Bhosale, appointed as Shikshan Sevak on an unaided post, challenged the Education Officer's order approving her transfer to an aided post on a consolidated pay scale as Shikshan Sevak. She had completed the three‑year probation period and was deemed permanent. The Court examined the …
The petitioners, teachers appointed as Shikshan Sevak in minority‑run schools, challenged the State’s order rejecting their appointment on two grounds: lack of prior permission for advertising the vacancy and failure to verify the availability of a surplus teacher for absorption. The petitioners …
The Bombay High Court (Kolhapur Bench) heard two writ petitions challenging a September 2025 order that rejected the appointment of a Shikshan Sevak in a minority‑run school. The petitioners argued that the rejection was based on two grounds: (i) failure to obtain prior permission before advertising …
Jayashri Vasant Bane, appointed as Shikshan Sevak on an unaided post in 2013, was transferred to an aided post in 2018. The Education Officer approved the transfer on a consolidated pay scale, invoking the Government Circular dated 28 June 2016. The petitioner challenged this, arguing that having …
The petitioners challenged the Education Officer’s cancellation of its earlier approval to extend the service of a retired headmaster under Rule 17(2) of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981. The headmaster had superannuated on 30 June 2026 and the school …
The petition challenged an order dated 12.08.2026 by the Education Officer that cancelled a transfer of an assistant teacher (Respondent No.4) from one school to another, a transfer that had been effected by the managing body under Rule 41(1) of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools …
The petitioners, a private school society, sought a direction for the Education Officer to furnish a user ID and password to enable them to complete required information on the student portal while awaiting staffing pattern approval. The petitioners argued that a prior order dated 30 July 2026 had …
Savita Gangaram Shelke, appointed as an Assistant Teacher on an unaided post, sought transfer to an aided post after a vacancy arose in August 2024. The Education Officer rejected the transfer proposal citing a Government Resolution dated 1 December 2022 that purportedly stayed Rule 41A of the …
The Hind Education Society sought judicial review of a February 2020 order rejecting its proposal to appoint a teacher to an unaided Instructor post at its secondary school. The rejection was based on alleged non‑compliance with a 2010 Government Resolution requiring proposals to be submitted in …
The petitioner, a senior teacher, was promoted to headmaster in June 2022 with individual approval from the Education Officer, but the approval was cancelled in March 2024 citing an inter‑se dispute among the managing trust factions. The Deputy Director of Education upheld the cancellation, …
The petitioner, Nishant Parashuram Mahalkari, challenged the Education Officer’s order rejecting approval of his appointment as junior clerk in a partially aided private school, alleging the rejection was based on a purported surplus of non‑teaching staff. The petitioner argued that his appointment …
The petitioner, Sumit Vilas Awatade, was appointed as a junior clerk in a grant‑in‑aid private school on 10 July 2024. The Education Officer rejected the approval of this appointment on the ground that surplus non‑teaching staff existed, relying on a communication dated 28 May 2025 and the …
The petition, filed on behalf of librarians who were initially appointed on part‑time aided posts and later converted to permanent full‑time posts, sought the grant of benefits under the Old Pension Scheme. The petitioners contended that the order dated 7 February 2023 and the Government Resolution …
Anil Sahebrao Gharate, a librarian who served part‑time from 1995 to 2006 and full‑time thereafter, was denied the Old Pension Scheme on the ground that his full‑time appointment began after the 1 November 2005 cut‑off. The petitioner argued that, under Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, …
The petitioner, a part‑time librarian appointed in 1995 and later upgraded to a full‑time post in 2006, sought a declaration that he was governed by the Old Pension Scheme and entitled to pension under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. The State argued that his full‑time …
Shri Vijay Uttam Kotwal, a lecturer appointed on 1 October 2007, was terminated on 1 September 2012 from a permanently un‑aided division of Shivaji Maratha Society. He challenged the termination before the School Tribunal under Section 9 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of …
Bharati Hanumant Thombare, a former teacher, was appointed part‑time in 1994 and later full‑time in 2009, retiring in 2025. The Deputy Director of Education rejected her pension proposal on the ground that her earlier part‑time service did not qualify for the Old Pension Scheme. The petitioner …
The petitioner, Aruna Suryawanshi, claimed entitlement to a pension under the Old Pension Scheme, asserting that she had served as an honorary teacher before being regularized on 13 February 2006. She argued that her honorary service should be treated as a recognized appointment prior to the cut‑off …
Mrs. Geeta Raju Singh, a B.A.B.Ed. graduate, joined Shri Saraswati Shikshan Sanstha's Nutan Vidya Mandir High School as a Shikshan Sevak on 16 February 2012. After completing three years of service, her proposal for permanent appointment as an Assistant Teacher was not approved; the Education …
Mrs. Geeta Raju Singh, a B.A.B.Ed. graduate, joined Shri Saraswati Shikshan Sanstha's Nutan Vidya Mandir High School as a Shikshan Sevak on 16 February 2012. After completing three years of service, her proposal for permanent appointment as an Assistant Teacher was not approved; the Education …
Mrs. Geeta Raju Singh, a B.A. B.Ed. graduate, joined Shri Saraswati Shikshan Sanstha's Nutan Vidya Mandir High School as a Shikshan Sevak on 16 February 2012. After completing three years of service, she was not regularised as a teacher and her proposal for approval was submitted only on 21 December …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions fixing the number and criteria for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging illegality, invalidity, and potential termination of their services. They sought a writ of mandamus to quash the resolutions and to direct the State to fix …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions fixing the number and criteria for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging illegality, invalidity, and potential termination of their services. They sought a writ of mandamus to quash the resolutions and to direct the State to fix …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions fixing the number and criteria for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging illegality, invalidity, and potential termination of their services. They sought a writ of mandamus to quash the resolutions and to direct the State to fix …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions fixing the number and criteria for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging illegality, invalidity, and potential termination of their services. They sought a writ of mandamus to quash the resolutions and to direct the State to fix …
The petitioners challenged a series of Government Resolutions (dated 28 January 2019, 1 March 2021, 26 March 2021 and 15 December 2025) that fixed the staffing pattern for Laboratory Assistant posts in schools, alleging the posts were surplus and that the resolutions were illegal, invalid and …
Vyankat Baburao Bansode, an Arts teacher appointed in 1982 with a G.D. Art diploma, claimed seniority over Pandurang Baburao Satpute, who was appointed in 1988 with an MA B.Ed., and challenged Satpute's promotion to Headmaster as a super‑session. The petition was filed under Section 9 of the …
The petitioner, Tushar Pandurang Bagade, challenged an order of the Education Officer (Secondary) of Raigad Zilla Parishad directing the school management to prepare a fresh seniority list of teachers in accordance with a Government Resolution dated 28 January 2025. The petitioner argued that he was …
The petitioner, Rajesh Vasant Kini, an assistant teacher at Anant Janardhan Vartak Junior College, challenged two seniority lists dated 18 November 2024 and 6 November 2025, alleging they were prepared in violation of Rule 12 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) …
The petitioner, a former primary teacher who retired in July 2022, filed an interim application seeking payment of her suspension allowance and other pending wages after being suspended in February 2015 without a disciplinary inquiry. The High Court had earlier, on 2 August 2016, directed the school …
Pragati Vitthal Gawande, a former Shikshan Sevak, challenged her termination, arguing she had completed the required 30 months of service and was therefore a deemed confirmed teacher under Section 5(2A) of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977. The …
The appellant, an educational society, dismissed its principal (the first respondent) after a departmental inquiry found several charges proved. The principal appealed to the School Tribunal, which set aside the dismissal on the ground that the Inquiry Committee was not constituted as required by …
The case concerned the termination of Vidya, a headmistress, after a disciplinary inquiry under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981. An Enquiry Committee of three members prepared a combined report, signed by all members, with one member dissenting, and …
The appellant, a trust managing a private school, terminated the services of Assistant Teacher Respondent No.1 after an inquiry found him guilty of sexual harassment of adolescent girl students, based on two FIRs, charge‑sheets and witness testimony. The Inquiry Committee, comprising a Convenor, a …
MIS. Yeshwant Gramin Shikshan Sanstha, a society that runs 29 grant‑in‑aid schools and colleges in Maharashtra, appointed 16 part‑time librarians with the permission of the State Government. The Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner claimed the society had defaulted on EPF contributions for those …
The Progressive Education Society appointed Rajendra as a teacher on a two‑year probation starting 9 August 1992. Before the probation period ended, the Society terminated his services on 1 August 1994, citing unsatisfactory performance and paid notice pay. Rajendra challenged the termination under …
The Supreme Court examined a challenge to the Maharashtra Government's order dated 16 May 2006 that granted permission to 1,495 new higher secondary schools on a permanent no‑grant basis, subject to conditions under the Education Code and the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of …
The appellant, Secretary of Akola Taluka Education Society, runs a vocational training institute that saw a sharp decline in student enrolment. It terminated the services of several teachers without giving the three‑month notice required under Rule 26 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools …
A school teacher (Respondent No.2) was charged with several offences and an inquiry committee of three members was constituted under the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981. Rule 37(6) required the committee to communicate its findings to the Management …
