Bombay High Court

SHRI MAKRADHWAJ SHIKSHAN SANSTHA CHINCHVAN BEED THR ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

Respondent No.1 must treat the petitions as representations and decide the issue in accordance with the Government Resolution within ten weeks.

Summary

Shri Makradhwaj Shikshan Sanstha and Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Research MIT filed writ petitions before the Bombay High Court seeking that the State of Maharashtra release a grant‑in‑aid dated 1 November 2020. The petitioners contended that the matter could be decided by Respondent No. 1 in view of a Government Resolution dated 15 February 2021. The bench (Judges Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Abasaheb D. Shinde) directed Respondent No. 1 to treat the petitions as representations and to decide the issue in accordance with the said resolution within ten weeks, and to communicate the decision within two weeks. The petitioners were instructed to furnish copies of the petitions and the order to the concerned authority within two weeks. The writ petitions were thereafter disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether Respondent No.1 is required to release the grant‑in‑aid to the petitioners pursuant to the Government Resolution dated 15 February 2021

Subjects

grant-in-aid
writ petition
representation
government resolution
administrative law
high court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:27013-DB


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                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                 WRIT PETITION NO. 6876 OF 2026

                 Shri Makradhwaj Shikshan Sanstha
                 Chinchvan Beed and Another                          PETITIONERS

                        VERSUS

                 The State of Maharashtra and Others                RESPONDENTS

                                                .......
                 Mr. R. D. Biradar, Advocate for the Petitioners
                 Mr. A. M. Phule, AGP for Respondent - State
                                                ....…
                                                AND
                                 WRIT PETITION NO. 6877 OF 2026

                 Maharashtra Academy of Eng and REsearch MIT
                 Pune Through its Secretary and Another              PETITIONERS

                        VERSUS

                 The State of Maharashtra and Others                RESPONDENTS

                                                .......
                 Mr. R. D. Biradar, Advocate for the Petitioners
                 Mr. N. S. Tekale, AGP for Respondent - State
                                                .......

                             [CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, &
                                      ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. J.]

                                     DATE : 7th JULY, 2026

                 ORDER :

                 1.     An innocuous prayer is pressed into service by the

                 Petitioners that, the Respondent authority be directed to release

                 grant in aid from 1st November, 2020 in favour of the Petitioners.
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2.    Learned Advocate for the Petitioners submits that this

issue may be decided by Respondent No.1, in the light of

Government Resolution dated 15th February, 2021.


3.    Be that as it may, we direct Respondent No.1 to treat

present petitions as representations and to decide the issue in

the light of the above mentioned Government Resolution, in

accordance with the law, within ten weeks from the date of

receipt of copy of this order.


4.    Respondent No.1 is further directed to communicate the

decision to the Petitioners within two weeks.


5.    Learned Advocate for the Petitioners undertakes to furnish

copies of the Writ Petitions along with copy of this order to the

concerned authority, within a period of two weeks from today.


6.    Accordingly, the Writ Petitions are disposed of.



[ ABASAHEB D. SHINDE ]                 [ NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI ]
         JUDGE                                    JUDGE

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