Bombay High Court
NAMDEV RAJARAM KAMBLEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ITS SECRETARY SCHOOL EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEPT. AND ORS.
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The court held that the Education Officer must decide the pending appointment proposal within four weeks from the date of the order.
Summary
The petitioner, Namdev Rajaram Kamble, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Education Officer to decide a proposal dated 24 November 2025 that would appoint him as an Art Teacher effective 28 January 2025. The petition argued that the delay in decision was causing undue hardship. The High Court noted that the proposal remained undecided and, in the interest of justice, ordered the Education Officer to decide it expeditiously, specifying a four‑week deadline. The Court further directed that, if approval is granted, the Deputy Director of Education must enter the petitioner’s name in the Shalarth Pranali and issue a Shalarth ID within two weeks, and release arrears of grant‑in‑aid salary within three weeks. The petition was disposed with these directions.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ can compel the Education Officer to decide a pending appointment proposal for the petitioner
Subjects
- appointment
- education officer
- writ petition
- grant-in-aid salary
- service law
Judgment
2026:BHC-KOL:9102-DB
45-WP-4607-2026(C).doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 4607 OF 2026
Namdev Rajaram Kamble ...Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra and Others ...Respondents
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Mr. Prashant Bhavake, for the Petitioner.
Mr. A. A. Alaspurkar, AGP for the Respondent-State.
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Coram : Sharmila U. Deshmukh &
Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ.
Date : September 22, 2026.
P. C. :
1. By the present Petition, the Petitioner seeks a direction to the
Respondent No.5 - Education Officer to decide the proposal dated 24 th
November, 2025, submitted by the Respondent Nos.6 and 7, the
Education Officer, appointing the Petitioner as Art Teacher with effect
from 28th January, 2025.
2. As the proposal has not yet been decided, the Petition is disposed
of by directing the Respondent No.5 - Education Officer to decide the
proposal expeditiously and, in any event, within a period of four weeks
from today.
3. In the event, the approval is granted, Respondent No.4 – Deputy
Director of Education to include the name of the Petitioner in the
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Shalarth Pranali and issue the Shalarth ID within a period of two weeks
thereafter, and the arrears of grant-in-aid salary to be released within a
period of three weeks thereafter.
4. The Petition is disposed of in the above terms.
[Neeraj P. Dhote, J.] [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.]
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