Bombay High Court

KALIKADEVI APANG SHIKSHAN SANSTHA AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: VIBHA KANKANWADI HITEN S VENEGAVKAR

Holding

The High Court directed Respondent No. 3 to decide the pending representations within six weeks, thereby disposing of the writ petition.

Summary

The petitioners, a group of educational institutions, filed a writ petition seeking the State of Maharashtra and its officials to decide pending representations dated 17‑02‑2025 and 05‑03‑2025, to enter the names of petitioners Nos. 3‑10 in the Sevaarth Pranali, and to release their salaries from the date of appointment. The State’s Additional Government Pleader (AGP) waived notice and indicated that the representations would be decided within twelve weeks. The Court treated the AGP’s statement as an undertaking and ordered Respondent No. 3 to decide the representations within six weeks from the date of the order. No substantive merits of the representations were examined; the relief was limited to a procedural direction. The petition was consequently disposed.

Issues considered

What procedural direction can a High Court grant to compel a public authority to decide pending representations within a specified time‑frame?

Subjects

writ petition
administrative law
representation
Sevaarth Pranali
salary release
time‑bound order
public authority

Judgment

                                                            1                         920WP409.2026.odt

                                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                               920 WRIT PETITION NO. 409 OF 2026

                                           Kalikadevi Apang Shikshan Sanstha And Others
                                                             VERSUS
                                             The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                                               ...
                             Mr. Mayur M. Subhedar - Advocate for the Petitioner
                             Miss Neha B. Kamble - AGP for State
                                                               ...

                                                       CORAM :       SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI
                                                                             AND
                                                                     HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
                                                       DATED :       17TH FEBRUARY, 2026
                             PER COURT : -

                             1.            The present petition has been filed seeking directions to
                             Respondent Nos. 2, 3, and 4 to decide the representations dated
                             17.02.2025 and 05.03.2025, to enter the names of Petitioners Nos. 3 to
                             10 in the Sevaarth Pranali, and further to release the salaries of
                             Petitioners Nos. 3 to 10 from the date of their appointment.

                             2.            Learned AGP waives notice for Respondent Nos. 1 to 4.
                             Since the matter is pending before Respondent No. 3, the learned AGP,
                             upon instructions, submits that the said Representations will be decided
                             within a period of twelve (12) weeks.

                             3.            We take the statement made by learned AGP as an
                             undertaking and dispose of the writ petition by directing Respondent
                             No. 3 to decide the Representations within a period of six (6) weeks
                             from today.



                              [HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR]                    [SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI]
                                     JUDGE                                      JUDGE
                             SG Punde
Signed by: Sandeep Gulabrao Punde
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 23/02/2026 18:44:09

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