Savita R Raut vs the State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Savita R Raut vs the State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition disposed of with consent: Petitioner granted liberty to tender a detailed grievance narration before the Grievances Committee within 7 days; all contesting parties directed/appear before the Committee on 26th September 2025 at 11.30 a.m.; written submissions permitted; hearing to be completed within 10 days; Committee requested to deliver final verdict on or before 30th October 2025; all contentions kept open with no observations on merits.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Petitioner's grievance regarding the confirmation of Respondent No. 3 and Respondent No. 4 falls to be adjudicated by the Grievances Committee constituted under Section 79 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016.

Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of with consent on conditions: liberty to the Petitioner to tender a detailed narration of grievance before the Grievances Committee within 7 days; all contesting parties to appear before the Committee on 26th September 2025 at 11.30 a.m.; liberty to all parties to submit written notes; hearing to be completed within 10 days; and the Committee requested to deliver a final verdict on or before 30th October 2025.

Ratio / Principle

All contentions of the parties are kept open and the Court has not made any observations on the merits of the claims of the parties.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Ravindra V. Ghuge & Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ.), Writ Petition No. 1952 of 2024, Savita R. Raut v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors., decided 22nd September 2025: The Petitioner's dispute concerned the confirmation of Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 before a Grievances Committee constituted under Section 79 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016, headed by a retired Judge of the rank of Principal District Judge; Respondent No. 4 had recused from the Committee. With consent, the Court disposed of the petition: the Petitioner was granted liberty to tender a detailed narration of grievances before the Committee within 7 days; all contesting parties were to appear before the Committee on 26th September 2025 at 11.30 a.m.; written submissions were permitted; the hearing was to be completed within 10 days; and the Committee was requested to deliver a final verdict on or before 30th October 2025. All contentions were kept open and the Court expressly made no observations on the merits of the claims of the parties.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO. 1952 OF 2024

Savita R. Raut

...Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra And Ors.

...Respondents

Mr. Swaraj Jadhav, Advocate for the Petitioner.

Ms. Jyoti R. Chavan, Addl.G.P. a/w Ms. Nazia Sheikh, AGP for the State/Respondent No. 1.

Mr. Rui Rodrigues a/w Mr. Jainendra Sheth, Advocates for Respondent No. 2.

Mr. Manish Kelkar, Advocate for Respondent Nos. 3 & 4.

CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 22^nd SEPTEMBER, 2025.

P.C. :

A Grievances Committee constituted under Section 79

of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 is headed by a retired Judge of the rank of Principal District Judge. Respondent No. 4 is no longer the member of such a Committee, since she has

recused, considering that the dispute raised by the present Petitioner is with reference to the confirmation of Respondent No. 4, as well as Respondent No. 3.

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The learned Advocate for the Petitioner submits on instructions that since neither Respondent No. 3, nor Respondent No. 4 are members of the committee, the Petitioner has faith in the Presiding Officer, who is a retired Judge of the rank of Principal District Judge.

In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off with consent, on the following conditions :-

a. Since the Petitioner has tendered a proforma grievance before the Committee, liberty to tender a detailed narration before the said Committee, within 7 days from today.

b. All the contesting parties would appear before the said Grievances Committee on 26^th September, 2025 at 11.30 a.m.

c. All the parties are at liberty to submit their written notes.

d. Let the hearing be completed within 10 days as per the convenience of the Tribunal. Since written submissions are permitted, we request the Grievances Committee to deliver a final verdict in this matter, on or before 30^th October, 2025.

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e. All contentions of the parties are kept open and it be noted

that this Court has not made any observations on the merits of the claims of the parties.

[ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.] [RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.]

GITALAXMI KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR

Digitally signed by GITALAXMI KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR Date: 2025.09.23 11:25:02 +0530

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