Bombay High Court

SANT BAHINABAI PRIMARY SCHOOL SHIOOR THR ITS HEAD MASTER VARSHA V SONTAKKEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court directed the State authority to treat the petition as a representation and decide the grant‑in‑aid issue per the Government Resolution, and disposed the writ petition.

Summary

Sant Bahinabai Primary School filed a writ petition seeking the release of grant-in-aid dated from 1 November 2020. The petitioner argued that the matter could be decided by the State authority in view of a Government Resolution dated 15 February 2021. The Court directed Respondent No.1 to treat the petition as a representation and to decide the issue in accordance with the said resolution within ten weeks of receiving the order. The Court further ordered the decision to be communicated to the petitioner within two weeks. The petitioner’s counsel undertook to furnish copies of the petition and the order to the concerned authority, and the writ petition was subsequently disposed.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to the grant-in-aid from 1 November 2020
Whether the Court can direct the administrative authority to decide the matter as a representation under the Government Resolution of 15 February 2021

Subjects

grant-in-aid
writ petition
representation
government resolution
administrative law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:40091-DB
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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD
                        63 WRIT PETITION NO. 11045 OF 2026

    SANT BAHINABAI PRIMARY SCHOOL SHIOOR THROUGH ITS HEAD MASTER
                          VARSHA V SONTAKKE
                               VERSUS
   THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS
                                           ...


              Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Biradar Ramrao Dhondiram
                   AGP for Respondent/State : Ms. Neha B. Kamble
                                            …
                                          CORAM        : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                         ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                           DATE        : 01.09.2026

             PER COURT :
             .      An innocuous prayer is pressed into service by the petitioner
             that, the respondent authority be directed to release grant-in-aid from
             1st November, 2020 in favour of the petitioner.

             2.    Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that this issue may
             be decided by respondent No.1 in the light of Government Resolution
             dated 15th February, 2021.

             3.    Be that as it may, we direct Respondent No.1 to treat present
             petition as representation and decide the issue in the light of the above
             mentioned Government Resolution, in accordance with law, within ten
             weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

             4.    Respondent No.1 is further directed to communicate the decision
             to the petitioner within two weeks.
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5.      Learned advocate for petitioner undertakes to furnish copy of the
Writ Petition along with the copy of this order to the concerned
authority, within a period of two weeks from today.

6.      Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of.




( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. )                 ( NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. )



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