Bombay High Court

PRAKASH SHANKARRAO WAVAREversusTHE PRESIDING OFFICER SCHOOL TRIBUNAL KOLHAPUR REGION AND ORS

Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: SHAILESH P BRAHME

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous because the appeal before the School Tribunal has already been decided.

Summary

The petitioner, Prakash Shankarrao Wavare, filed a writ petition seeking a direction for the expeditious disposal of Appeal No. 28/2015 pending before the School Tribunal, Kolhapur. The petition was filed on 11 June 2025, and the School Tribunal rendered its final decision on 7 August 2025. The management and an employee subsequently challenged the Tribunal’s decision by filing separate writ petitions. The High Court examined whether it could intervene to expedite the Tribunal’s proceedings and whether the writ petition remained maintainable. Finding that the appeal had already been decided, the Court held the petition to be infructuous. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of without any further order.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can direct the School Tribunal to decide an appeal expeditiously.
Whether the writ petition remains maintainable after the Tribunal has rendered its final decision.

Subjects

writ petition
expeditious decision
school tribunal
infructuous
civil appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                               70 WP 3414 26.odt

              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                       CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                      CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                     70 WRIT PETITION NO. 3414 OF 2026

                     PRAKASH SHANKARRAO WAVARE
                                   VERSUS
 THE PRESIDING OFFICER SCHOOL TRIBUNAL KOLHAPUR REGION AND
                                     ORS
                                      ...
   Advocate for Petitioner : Adv. Abhang Suryawanshi i/by Mr. Nagesh Y.
                                   Chavan
        A.G.P. for Respondent Nos. 1 & 4 : Mr. Sanjay D. Rayrikar
Advocate for Respondent No. 2 & 3 : Simran Sameena a/w Adv. Ketki S. i/by
                           Mr. Sanadiip Mutaalik
                                      ...
                      CORAM               : SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J.

                       DATE                  : 27.07.2026


PER COURT :

        The petitioner seeks direction for expeditious decision of Appeal No.
28/2015 pending before the School Tribunal at Kolhapur. It was filed on
11.06.2025. Immediately, thereafter, School Tribunal finally decided the
appeal on 07.08.2025.         The final judgment has been assailed by the
management as well as employee by preferring distinct writ petitions.

2.      The writ petition is disposed of as infructuous.



                                        ( SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J.)




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