Sushma Narayan Kumbhar v. the State of Maharashtra Thru. Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Short adjournment/interim order in WP No. 10454 of 2025 (Bombay HC, Kolhapur Circuit Bench, dated December 1, 2025; Coram M. S. Karnik & Ajit B. Kadethankar, JJ.). Petitioner: Sushma Narayan Kumbhar (counsel: Prashant Bhavake). Respondents: State of Maharashtra through Secretary and Others (AGP: S. B. Kalel). The forum and date of the impugned order are not disclosed. Ground flagged by the Division Bench for setting aside the impugned order: denial of any opportunity to the Petitioner to cure or rectify deficiencies. Mr. Kedar Lad requested to appear for Respondent No. 5 – Education Officer (Primary), Zilla Parishad, Kolhapur, and to respond after taking instructions. Matter listed on 3rd December, 2025; petition pending; no statutes or case law cited; citable only as a procedural/interim order.
What did the court decide?
No final relief pronounced on the date of this order (interim stage). Operative directions: (i) Court recorded inclination to set aside the impugned order for want of an opportunity to the Petitioner to cure or rectify deficiencies; (ii) Mr. Kedar Lad, Advocate, requested to appear for Respondent No. 5 – Education Officer (Primary), Zilla Parishad, Kolhapur, to take instructions and respond on the next date; (iii) matter listed on 3rd December, 2025.