Vanita Narayan Gote Alias Vanita Sanjiv Kunjir v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Its Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Approval of appointment; Assistant Teacher; Unaided/Aided Section; pending proposals since 2016; Education Officer (Secondary)/(Primary); Zilla Parishad; Education Officer (Secondary) Zilla Parishad Pune; State of Maharashtra; mandamus/directions to decide proposals; 120-day timeline; no extension; reasoned order; opportunity to Management to remove deficiencies; service of orders by Speed Post (AD) within 21 days; liberty to challenge adverse orders; Shalarth ID; batch disposal of 13 writ petitions WP(ST) 16110/2025, WP(ST) 16406/2025, WP(ST) 16408/2025, WP 12778/2023, WP 279/2024, WP 280/2024, WP 281/2024, WP 282/2024, WP 1604/2024, WP 1605/2024, WP 7511/2024, WP 8088/2024, WP 17008/2024; Bombay High Court; decided 07-05-2025.
What did the court decide?
Batch of 13 writ petitions disposed of with directions to the Education Officer Secondary / Education Officer Primary: (i) decide pending approval proposals within 120 days after meticulous verification and opportunity to the Management to remove deficiencies, by reasoned orders, with no extension of time; (ii) serve copies of any orders already passed on the Management and Petitioners within 21 days by Speed Post (AD); (iii) liberty to the aggrieved to avail permissible legal remedies against adverse orders; (iv) on acceptance of any proposal, initiate steps for grant of Shalarth ID expeditiously.