Bombay High Court

JYOTI ASHOK BADEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRICIPAL SECRETARY OTHER BACKWARD BAHUJAN WELFARE AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: VIBHA KANKANWADI HITEN S VENEGAVKAR

Holding

The court directed Respondent No.1 to decide the appointment proposal within twelve weeks, treating the AGP's statement as an undertaking.

Summary

The petitioner, Jyoti Ashok Bade, filed a writ petition seeking a court direction for Respondent No.1 to decide her proposal for appointment as Assistant Teacher at Respondent No.6 school, which she submitted on 2 March 2024, within eight weeks. The Attorney General of the State (AGP) waived notice for Respondents 1‑4 and informed the court that the proposal would be decided within twelve weeks, which the court treated as an undertaking. The bench accepted this undertaking and ordered Respondent No.1 to decide the appointment proposal within twelve weeks. No substantive merits of the appointment were examined; the order was purely procedural. The petition was consequently disposed with the direction.

Issues considered

Whether the court can issue a direction to a public authority to decide an appointment proposal within a specified time frame

Subjects

appointment
writ petition
administrative direction
public service
procedural order

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:10653-DB


                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD


                              906 WRIT PETITION NO.2570 OF 2026


                                        JYOTI ASHOK BADE
                                              VERSUS
                           THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                                 ...
                             Mr. A.G. Ambetkar, Advocate for petitioner
                           Mrs. R.P. Gour, 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 01.06.2005

            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
                                      2                        906_WP_2570_2026



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. )




agd

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