Megha Bhaskar Mule and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra through Education Dept. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Writ Petition No. 6917 of 2025, decided 07.07.2025 (Ghuge & Ankhad, JJ.). Approval of teacher's appointment (appointed 15.06.2011 on no-grants basis; transferred to grant-in-aid establishment 08.09.2022) pending since proposal dated 16.09.2022 before Respondent No.3 (Education Officer, Sachin Jagtap). Directions: objections within 21 days by email; revised proposal by Management within 21 days; reasoned order on merits within 30 days. Caution re action under S.10, Maharashtra Government Servants Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act, 2005. Petition disposed. Keywords: approval of appointment; no grants basis; grant in aid; Education Officer; delay in discharge of official duties; time-bound directions; mandamus-type direction; State of Maharashtra.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed with time-bound directions: Respondent No.3 to scrutinize the proposal dated 16.09.2022 and raise objections, if any, within 21 days; Management to submit a revised proposal within a further 21 days; Respondent No.3 to pass a reasoned order on the merits within 30 days thereafter.