Bombay High Court

HEAD MASTER KAI SHANKARRAO BAJIRAO PATIL MADHYAMIK VA UCHH MADHYAMIK VIDYALAY AND ORSversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ITS SECRETARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND ORS

Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: MILIND N JADHAV NANDESH SHANKARRAO DESHPANDE

Holding

The court held that the order required the stated corrections, directed the grant of a Shalarth ID, and allowed the petition.

Summary

The petitioners, a group of teachers, filed a writ petition challenging the order dated 1 July 2026 issued by the High Court. They sought specific textual corrections in paragraphs two and three of that order. The court examined whether such corrections were warranted and whether the Deputy Director of Education, Pune, should be directed to grant a Shalarth ID to the petitioners after verifying the absence of fraud or misrepresentation. Finding that the corrections were necessary, the court ordered the insertion and substitution of the specified words. It also directed the Deputy Director to grant the Shalarth ID within two weeks, providing liberty to the petitioners to seek further relief if delayed. Consequently, the petition was allowed and disposed of in the terms specified.

Issues considered

Whether the order dated 1 July 2026 requires correction in the specified paragraphs
Whether the Deputy Director of Education should be directed to grant a Shalarth ID to the petitioners
Whether the petition should be allowed based on the above considerations

Subjects

writ petition
order correction
Shalarth ID
education
procedural direction
High Court
Kolhapur

Judgment

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           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                   CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                   WRIT PETITION NO. 9392 OF 2025

Head Master,
Shankarrao Bajirao Patil & Ors.                    … Petitioners
             V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                    … Respondents



Mr. Vishwasrao S. Deokar for the Petitioners.
Mr. S. B. Kalel, AGP for the State.



                         CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV &
                                 NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, JJ.

                         DATED   : JULY 22, 2026
P.C.:

1.      Not on board. Upon mentioning, taken on board.


2.      At the outset, the order dated 1st July 2026 is required to be

corrected in Paragraph Nos.2 and 3.


3.      The following corrections be incorporated and the corrected

order be uploaded again.


4.      In the 2nd line of Paragraph No.2 of the order dated 1st July

2026, the words “implementation of the” be inserted after the words

“cut off date of the”.




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                      5.    In the 3rd line of Paragraph No.3 of the order dated 1 st July 2026,

                      the words “i.e. after issuance of Government Resolution” shall be

                      substituted with the words “i.e. after Government Resolution”.


                      6.    The Petition is taken up for hearing at the time of mentioning by

                      Mr. Deokar forthwith. The Deputy Director of Education, Pune, is

                      directed to grant the Shalarth ID to the Petitioners after ascertaining

                      whether the Petitioners’ case is not covered by any fraud, deceit, or

                      misrepresentation, and grant the Shalarth ID to them within a period of

                      two weeks from today, failing which liberty is given to the Petitioners to

                      mention the matter if there is any delay in granting the same.


                      7.    The Petition is allowed and disposed of in the above terms.




                      (NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, J.)                    (MILIND N. JADHAV, J.)


VAIBHAV
RAMESH
JADHAV
Digitally signed by
VAIBHAV RAMESH
JADHAV
Date: 2026.07.23
12:34:41 +0530




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