Dapoli Education Soc. Thr. President and Ors. v. the State of Maha. Thr. Sec. School Education and Sports Dept. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dapoli Education Society & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.; Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Circuit Bench; Writ Petition Nos. 4983, 5019, 4984, 5014 and 4999 of 2023; decided 29 September 2025; Coram M. S. Karnik & Sharmila U. Deshmukh, JJ. (order per Deshmukh J.). Rejection by Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Ratnagiri of proposals seeking approval of appointments, on grounds of deficiencies, without show-cause-notice or opportunity to cure; State (A.G.P. S.B. Kalel) conceded no opportunity was given; impugned order treated as show-cause-notice; two weeks to cure deficiencies; eight weeks to complete exercise; direction to allot Shalarth I.D. to Petitioner No.3 upon approval; petitions disposed of. Advocates: Utkarsh Desai i/b. Prashant Bhavake (Petitioners); S.B. Kalel, A.G.P. (State). No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
All Writ Petitions disposed of with directions: impugned order treated as show-cause-notice; Petitioners/Management to submit explanation / cure deficiencies within two weeks; any additional deficiencies to be communicated with opportunity to cure; entire exercise to be completed within eight weeks; on grant of approval, Respondent No.4 to allot Shalarth I.D. to Petitioner No.3 expeditiously.