Bombay High Court
SHUBHANGI DNYANANDEV RAJIGARE AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND ORS.
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The Court directs the respondent to decide the pending appointment proposal within three weeks.
Summary
The petitioners, Shubhangi Dnyanandev Rajigare and others, filed a writ petition seeking approval for their appointment after complying with deficiencies noted on 23 May 2025. Although the deficiencies were addressed on 26 May 2026, the respondents had not taken any further adjudication on the appointment proposal. The Court considered the limited grievance and directed the Education Officer (respondent no. 3) to decide the pending proposal expeditiously, within three weeks of the order. The Court further ordered that, if approval is granted, the respondent no. 2 must enter the petitioner’s name in the Shalarth Pranali, issue a Shalarth ID within eight weeks, and release any arrears of grant‑in‑aid salary within one week. The petition was disposed with these directions.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondent should decide the pending appointment proposal within a reasonable time after the petitioners complied with the deficiencies.
Subjects
- appointment
- government service
- writ petition
- expeditious decision
- grant-in-aid salary
Judgment
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by HARISH
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
VITHAL
HARISH
VITHAL
CHAUDHARI CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CHAUDHARI Date:
2026.10.05
12:02:48
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CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 12312 OF 2025
Shubhangi Dnyanandev Rajigare And Others ...Petitioners
Versus
The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Department Of ...Respondents
Education And Others
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Mr. Chetan G. Patil a/w Prathamesh P. Magdum & Mr. Bhushan Jadhav for the
Petitioners.
Mr. V. G Badgujar, AGP for the Respondent-State.
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Coram : Sharmila U. Deshmukh &
Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ.
Date : October 01, 2026.
P. C. :
1. The limited grievance raised in the present petition is that,
though on 26th May, 2026, the deiciencies communicated on 23rd May,
2025 were complied with, no further adjudication of the proposal
seeking approval to the appointment of the petitioner has taken place.
2. In light of the above, the petition is disposed of by directing
respondent no. 3-Education Oicer, to decide the pending proposal
expeditiously, and in any event within a period of three weeks from
today.
3. In the event, approval is granted to the appointment of the
petitioner No. 1, respondent no. 2 is directed to include the name of the
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petitioner No. 1 in the Shalarth Pranali and issue the Shalarth ID within a
period of eight weeks thereafter. Arrears of grant-in-aid salary shall be
released within a period of one week thereafter.
[Neeraj P. Dhote, J.] [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.]
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