Shreenath Ramakant Gawade and Ors. v. State of Maharastra Dept of School Education Throu. Principal Sec. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim order, Bombay High Court, Writ Petition No. 13952 of 2024, Shreenath Ramakant Gawade v. State of Maharashtra; Intervention Application No. 113 of 2025 by Kiran Anna Bhosale and other Lab Assistants declared surplus; status quo on deployment of Lab Assistants in school Laboratories until SSC and 9th standard exams are over; allotment letters declaring them surplus kept in abeyance; Government Resolution dated 28 January 2019; follows order dated 5 February 2025 in Writ Petition No. 1408 of 2025 (Sudhir Vishwasrao Patil); notice returnable 7 April 2025; School Management to be added as Respondent; conditional dismissal dates 17/18 and 24/25 February 2025; coram Ravindra V. Ghuge and Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ.; pre-notice stage.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions at pre-notice stage: Intervention Application No. 113 of 2025 allowed and Applicants added as Respondents; Petitioners directed to add the School Management as Respondent; notice returnable on 7th April, 2025 with AGP waiver for Respondent Nos. 1 to 4; status quo maintained on deployment of the Lab Assistants in the Respondent School's Laboratories, who are permitted to work in the same School until the SSC and 9th standard exams conclude; their allotment letters declaring them surplus kept in abeyance; matter to be considered for further orders on the returnable date.