Pramodini Krushnaji Kulkarni v. the State of Maharashtra Thru Secretary, School Edu. Dept. and Ors.
BATCH DISPOSAL – APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, 7 May 2025, batch of 13 writ petitions (lead: WP(ST) 16110/2025, Snehal Suhas Parkhe & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.; Coram: Ravindra V. Ghuge & Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ.). Keywords: approval of appointment; Assistant Teacher; Unaided/Aided Section; pending proposals since 2016; Education Officer (Secondary); Education Officer (Primary); Zilla Parishad; State of Maharashtra; reasoned order within 120 days; meticulous verification; opportunity to Management to remove deficiencies; service of orders within 21 days by Speed Post (AD); liberty to avail legal remedy against adverse orders; Shalarth ID; writ petitions disposed with directions. No statute or precedent cited in the text.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued to the Education Officer (Secondary)/(Primary): (i) decide each pending approval proposal by reasoned order within 120 days after meticulous verification and opportunity to the Management to remove deficiencies, 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 aggrieved parties to avail permissible remedies against adverse orders; (iv) initiate Shalarth ID steps expeditiously where a proposal is accepted.