Sanit S/O Ravindra Sonawane v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Its Prin. Secretary, School Edu. and Sports Dept. and Ors.
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Batch of seven writ petitions (Nos. 10880, 10790, 11948, 11952, 10791, 14422 and 14217 of 2024), Bombay High Court, order dated 11 July 2025 by Ravindra V. Ghuge and Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ. Subject: TAIT candidature of petitioners whose 2019 TET results were cancelled in the 2019 TET exam result scam but who qualified via C-TET. Key points: three modes of approaching the TAIT (passing TET, passing C-TET, Graduate plus B.Ed.); tainted-versus-untainted segregation principles drawn from State of West Bengal v. Baishakhi Bhattacharyya (Chatterjee) and Others, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 719 (SLP (C) No. 9586 of 2024, 03.04.2025); earlier Bombay High Court order in Pandharinath Dilip Kanojia (Writ Petition No. 1269 of 2025, order dated 25.03.2025) followed; Hina Kausar Mohammad Riyaz (Writ Petition No. 8534 of 2023, Aurangabad Bench, 14.09.2023) referred to; prospective employers permitted to consider C-TET-plank candidatures subject to clean police antecedent/character reports, with appointment decisions preferably within 45 days and liberty to act upon conviction or finding of guilt; writ petitions disposed of.