Bombay High Court

MANDA VIKRAM AVAHDversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OTHER BACKWARD BAHUJAN WELFARE AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: VIBHA KANKANWADI HITEN S VENEGAVKAR

Holding

The Court ordered respondent No.1 to decide the appointment proposal within twelve weeks.

Summary

The petitioner, Manda Vikram Avhad, filed a writ petition seeking a court direction to the State of Maharashtra (respondent No.1) to decide his appointment as Assistant Teacher at a school (respondent No.6) within eight weeks, as per his proposal dated 02.03.2024. The respondents’ Attorney General pleaded that the notice could be waived and stated that the proposal would be decided within twelve weeks, offering this as an undertaking. The Court examined whether it could enforce a time‑bound decision on an administrative appointment. Accepting the respondents’ undertaking, the Court directed respondent No.1 to decide the appointment within twelve weeks. The petition was consequently disposed with the specified direction.

Issues considered

The Court may direct an administrative authority to decide a pending appointment within a specified time period.

Subjects

appointment
administrative law
writ petition
time‑bound decision
direction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:10648-DB


                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD


                              901 WRIT PETITION NO.2565 OF 2026


                                     MANDA VIKRAM AVHAD
                                              VERSUS
                           THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                                 ...
                             Mr. A.G. Ambetkar, Advocate for petitioner
                Mrs. Kalpalata B. Patil Bharaswadkar, AGP for respondent Nos.1 to 4
                   Ms. Harshada S. Kamble, Advocate for respondent Nos.5 and 6
                                                 ...

                                          CORAM :      SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI &
                                                       HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.

                                          DATE :       09th MARCH, 2026


            ORDER :



            .           Present petition has been filed for directions to respondent No.1

            to decide the proposal for the approval of appointment of petitioner on the

            post of “Assistant Teacher” with respondent No.6 school from 11.06.2005

            submitted by petitioner on 02.03.2024, within a period of eight weeks.


            2           Learned AGP waives notice for respondent Nos.1 to 4. Upon

            instructions, learned AGP submits that the said proposal would be decided
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within a period of twelve weeks. We take the said statement as undertaking

and dispose of the writ petition by directing respondent No.1 to decide the

said proposal within a period of twelve weeks.




( HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J. )                ( SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, J. )




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