Swaroopa Sachin Patil v. the State of Maharashtra Thr the Secretary and Ors.
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Writ Petition No. 6910 of 2024, Bombay High Court, decided 15 April 2025 by Ravindra V. Ghuge and Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ. Petitioner Swaroopa Sachin Patil challenged the order dated 23 May 2023 of the Education Officer (Secondary), Raigad Zilla Parishad, Alibaug. Held unsustainable because the circular dated 1 December 2022 stood stayed (21 July 2022) and was quashed (judgment dated 21 July 2023) in Writ Petition No. 8215 of 2022 (Friends Social Circle, Akola v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.), and because the petitioner's transfer to the aided establishment on 17 June 2019 predated Rule 41(A), Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981. Petition partly allowed; impugned order quashed; reconsideration directed under Rule 41 as then applicable with 30-day timelines; Shalarth I.D.; no opinion on merits. Advocates: Narendra Bandiwadekar (Senior Advocate) for petitioner; V. G. Badgujar, AGP for State/Respondent Nos. 1 to 3.