Bombay High Court

INDIRA GANDI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THR ITS PRESIDENT SHAIKH HABIB SHAIKH NAJIRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI VAISHALI PATIL JADHAV

Holding

The petition is dismissed as the perspective plan has expired; the petitioner may seek inclusion in the new plan.

Summary

The petitioner, Indira Gandhi Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Government to include the village of Hasnabad in the perspective plan for the academic year 2020‑2021. The Court noted that the perspective plan is a five‑year document whose term, commencing in 2020, expired in 2025 and a new plan has since been prepared. Consequently, the petition was deemed stale as the specific plan sought to be altered no longer exists. The Court held that the petitioner is free to apply for inclusion of the village in the newly prepared perspective plan before the University. The respondent State would consider any such application on its merits. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition seeking alteration of a perspective plan that has already expired is maintainable
Whether the Court can direct inclusion of a village in a plan that is no longer in force

Subjects

Writ petition
Perspective plan
Stale petition
Administrative law
Education
Inclusion of village

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:9331-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                 WRIT PETITION NO.7711 OF 2021

                Indira Gandhi Shikshan Prasarak Mandal
                Through its President                                PETITIONER

                       VERSUS

                The State of Maharashtra                            RESPONDENT

                                               .......
                Mr. S. S. Kazi, Advocate for the Petitioner
                Mr. K. K. Naik, AGP for Respondent - State
                                               ....…

                              [CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, &
                                        VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J. J.]

                                      DATE : 4th MARCH, 2026

                ORDER :

                1.     By this Petition, the Petitioner seeks directions to the

                Government, to include village Hasnabad in the perspective plan

                of the academic year 2020-2021.


                2.     Admittedly, the perspective plan is prepared for 5 years.

                Now the term of the perspective plan introduced in the year

                2020 has come to an end in the year 2025 and new perspective

                plan   must    have    been   prepared   and   published/declared.

                Therefore, due to the passage of time and the subsequent

                developments, nothing survives in the present petition.
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3.    The Petitioner is at liberty to apply for inclusion of village

Hasnabad in the new perspective plan, to the University. If the

Petitioner applies for inclusion of village Hasnabad in the new

perspective plan, the respondents shall consider it on its own

merits.


4.    With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of.



[ VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV ]             [ NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI ]
          JUDGE                                    JUDGE



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