Bombay High Court
UMESH MANIKRAO BHAGWATversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETAYR AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The Court directed the Commissioner of Education to decide the transfer proposal within eight weeks and the respondent handling the Shalarth ID inclusion to decide within eight weeks, thereby disposing of the petition.
Summary
Umesh Manikrao Bhagwat filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Deputy Director of Education, Pune Region, to decide his transfer proposal from a partially aided to an aided post dated 17‑04‑2025. The State of Maharashtra, through its AGP, indicated that the proposal must now be forwarded to the Commissioner of Education, who is expected to act within a week as per new government orders of November 2025. The Court observed that the proposal had been pending due to internal governmental arrangements and ordered the Commissioner to decide the transfer proposal within eight weeks of receipt. The petition also sought inclusion of the petitioner’s name in the Shalarth ID, a proposal pending with another respondent, which the Court directed to be decided within eight weeks. With these directions, the Court disposed of the writ petition.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can direct the Deputy Director of Education to forward and the Commissioner of Education to decide the petitioner’s transfer proposal.
- Whether the Court can direct the respondent responsible for inclusion in the Shalarth ID to decide within a specified time.
Subjects
- transfer of government employee
- aided post
- administrative delay
- writ petition
- direction to administrative authority
- education department
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:3457-DB
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
WRIT PETITION NO. 14643 OF 2025
Umesh Manikrao Bhagwat
VERSUS
The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others
Mr. V. H. Dighe, Advocate for petitioner
Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for respondent-State
CORAM : Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi &
Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ.
DATE : 23rd January, 2026
PER COURT :-
1. Present petition has been filed for directing respondent No. 2
Deputy Director of Education, Pune Region, Pune to decide the proposal
dated 17.04.2025 submitted by the Management for grant of approval of
the transfer of petitioner from partially aided to aided post.
2. Learned AGP waives notice for respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and
submitted that the said proposal is now required to be forwarded to
Commissioner, Education, State of Maharashtra. In view of directions of
Government orders which came into force in November, 2025, he
submits that the respondent No. 2 would forward those proposals to the
said authority within a period of one week.
3. Though the Commissioner, Education, is not a party to these
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proceedings, yet it could be seen that the proposals are pending since
long because of the internal arrangement in the Government. Now, those
proposals would be required to be forwarded to commissioner. Under
such circumstance, we direct the Commissioner, Education, State of
Maharashtra to decide the proposal dated 17.04.2025 which would be
forwarded within a week by respondent No. 2 to whom to be decided
within a period of 8 weeks thereafter.
4. In respect of prayer clause ‘C’, the proposal dated
15.06.2022 for inclusion the name of the petitioner in Shalarth ID is
stated to be pending with respondent No. 3. Learned AGP waives notice
for respondent No. 3 and also submits that the said proposal would also
be decided within a period of eight weeks. Therefore, in respect of prayer
clause ‘C’, we direct respondent No. 3 to decide the same within a period
of eight weeks from today.
5. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition stands disposed of.
(Hiten S. Venegavkar, J.) (Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi, J.)
B. S. Joshi
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