Yogesh Mahadeo Patil v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. the Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P. No. 12054 of 2025, Bombay HC Kolhapur Bench, decided 24-12-2025 (Karnik & Kadethankar, JJ.). Rejection of proposal for appointment as Assistant Teacher on grounds of deficiencies; no opportunity to explain/cure deficiencies; order dated 11-10-2024 quashed and treated as show cause notice; Management to file rectified proposal within two weeks; Education Officer to decide within 12 weeks on merits in accordance with law; Shalarth I.D. inclusion by Deputy Director of Education upon approval; Respondent No.5 Zilla Parishad, Kolhapur (Adv. Kedar Lad); State represented by A.G.P. S.N. Deshmukh; Petitioner's counsel Utkarsh Desai i/b Prashant Bhavake.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Order dated 11th October 2024 quashed and set aside and treated as a Show Cause Notice to the Petitioner and the Management; Management to submit rectified proposal within two weeks; Education Officer to decide the proposal within 12 weeks thereafter on its own merits and in accordance with law; if approval is granted to the Petitioner's appointment as Assistant Teacher, the Deputy Director of Education to include his name in the Shalarth I.D. expeditiously; petition disposed of in these terms.