The Sudhagad Education Society Thr Chairman Secretary v. the State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary Department of School Education
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch disposal of contempt petitions (lead: Contempt Petition No.280 of 2025) before the Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction (Ravindra V. Ghuge & Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ.), decided 14 July 2025. Petitioners (Education Society, Schools, affected persons) alleged that Respondent No.2, the Education Officer Secondary, Raigad Zilla Parishad, ignored earlier Writ-Bench directions to decide revised proposals within 8 weeks; proposals lay undecided 13-14 months. AGPs (Kakade, Diwan, Chavan, Samant, Mali, Kalel, Kankal, Naik, Deolekar) apologised unconditionally and assured decision within 60 days; files had been retained with the Deputy Director of Education. Court disposed of all petitions without issuing notice under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, directed reasoned orders within 60 days, and warned that a repeat contempt petition would attract 'aggravated contempt'. No monetary award; no precedent cited.