Bombay High Court

MIRZA ATHAR BAIG MIRZA ZAFARULLA BAIG AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petitioners must first approach the Grievance Redressal Committee for relief, and the writ petition is disposed.

Summary

The petitioners, Mirza Athar Baig and others, filed a writ petition challenging an order passed by the Deputy Director of Education, Latur Division. They sought relief from the High Court, alleging that the order adversely affected them. The respondents, the State of Maharashtra, argued that the grievance should be addressed by the Grievance Redressal Committee established under a Government Resolution dated 27‑03‑2024. The Court held that the petitioners must first approach the Committee, headed by the Divisional Chairman of the Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, for redress. The Court disposed of the writ petition, granting the petitioners liberty to approach the Committee and directing that any delay in filing a condonation application be considered by the Committee.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court has jurisdiction to entertain the writ petition or the grievance should be addressed by the Grievance Redressal Committee under the 2024 Government Resolution.

Subjects

writ petition
grievance redressal
jurisdiction
education administration
administrative law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:44546-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 6180 OF 2025

                    MIRZA ATHAR BAIG MIRZA ZAFARULLA BAIG AND OTHERS
                                             VERSUS
                 THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND
                                            ANOTHER
                                                 ...
              Mr. Manish P. Tripathi, Advocate for the Petitioner
              Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for Respondents/State
                                                 ...

                                      CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                              ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                       DATE : 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2026

              PER COURT :

              1.           Learned   AGP   submits   that   the   grievance    of   the

              petitioners can be redressed by the Grievance Redressal Committee

              constituted under Government Resolution dated 27/03/2024.


              2.           Since the order impugned in this petition is passed by

              respondent No.2 Deputy Director of Education, Latur Division, Latur,

              the petitioners shall approach the Grievance Redressal Committee

              headed by the Divisional Chairman, Maharashtra State, Secondary

              and Higher Secondary Education Board of Latur Division.


              3.           The writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the

              petitioners to approach the Grievance Redressal Committee. If the

              petitioners approach the said Committee, their grievance shall be

              considered as expeditiously as possible, in the light of orders passed




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by this Court in Writ Petition Nos.13150 of 2022 and 4124 of 2025.

Time spent by the petitioners in prosecuting present petition shall

be    considered   by   the   Committee   while   deciding   the    delay

condonation application of the petitioners.



(ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.)               (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)




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