Sagar Shankar Kengar and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr the Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 12139 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), decided 17 July 2025; bench Ravindra V. Ghuge & Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ., judgment per Gautam A. Ankhad, J. Petitioners Sagar Shankar Kengar & Ors. versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. Subject: order dated 28.10.2023 of the Education Officer (Primary), Kolhapur Zilla Parishad, raising objections to proposal dated 23.08.2023; petition disposed with directions - proposal restored to Respondent No.5's file, order treated as notice, revised proposal with documents within 30 days, reasoned order within 45 days, no opinion expressed on the claim, Shalarth ID grant procedure if accepted. Keywords: Shalarth ID, primary education, Kolhapur Zilla Parishad, opportunity to cure objections, restoration of proposal, reasoned order.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed with directions: the impugned order dated 28 October 2023 is not to be treated as rejection of the pending proposal dated 23 August 2023, which stands restored to the file of Respondent No.5; the order's contents are to be treated as notice to the Management, which may submit a revised proposal with the documents asked for (and optional written submissions/case law) within 30 days; Respondent No.5 to pass a reasoned order on the revised proposal within 45 days following due procedure; no opinion expressed on the Petitioner's claim; if rejected, parties free to avail legal remedies; if accepted, due procedure for grant of Shalarth ID to the Petitioner. Rule discharged.