Bombay High Court
ADARSH EDUCATION SOCIETY THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The Court held that the petition cannot be entertained for the elapsed academic year but permitted the petitioner to file a fresh proposal for the current academic year.
Summary
The petitioner, Adarsh Education Society, filed a writ petition challenging the State of Maharashtra’s rejection of its proposal for the 2024‑25 academic year on the ground that its NAAC accreditation had expired on 4‑Nov‑2021. The petitioner argued that it had already obtained a B+ grade NAAC accreditation and that the authorities had not considered this. The Court noted that the academic year 2024‑25 had already passed and the subsequent year 2025‑26 was underway. Consequently, the Court declined to order admission for the earlier year but allowed the petitioner to submit a fresh proposal for the current academic year. The petition was therefore disposed of without granting the relief sought for 2024‑25.
Issues considered
- What is the legal effect of the expiry of NAAC accreditation on a college’s proposal for admission of students for a given academic year?
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to relief for the 2024‑25 academic year despite the alleged lapse of accreditation.
Subjects
- NAAC accreditation
- academic year proposal
- writ petition
- education law
- Maharashtra
- High Court
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:39620-DB
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
WRIT PETITION NO. 429 OF 2025
Adarsh Education Society Through Its President And Another
….Petitioner
VERSUS
The State Of Maharashtra Through Secretary And Others
…..Respondent
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Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Patil Hanmant V.
AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2: Mr. S.R. Aakale
Advocate for respondent No.3 : Mr. S.R. Bagal h/f. Mr. Vikaram Kadam.
CORAM : N.B. SURYAWANSHI &
ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
DATE : 31 AUGUST, 2026.
P.C.:-
Petitioner's proposal for academic year 2024-25 is rejected
by the respondents on the ground that the NAAC Accreditation has come
to an end on 4.11.2021.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner institution has already received NAAC Accreditation B+ Grade.
Though the same is forwarded to the respondents, the respondents have
not taken it into consideration.
3. Be that as it may, since the proposal of the petitioner was for
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the academic year 2024-25 and now the academic year 2025-26 has
commenced, we dispose of the petition by permitting the petitioner to file
a fresh proposal for the current academic year.
[ABASAHEB D. SHINDE] [N.B. SURYAWANSHI]
JUDGE JUDGE
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