Gangaram S/O. Bhagwan Tayade v. State of Maha., Thr. Secy., Dept. of Skills, Employment, Entrpreneurship and Innovation and Ors.
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Neutral citation: 2025:BHC-NAG:6985-DB. High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench; Coram: Smt. M.S. Jawalkar & Pravin S. Patil, JJ.; oral judgment per Pravin S. Patil, J.; decided 15.07.2025. Case: Writ Petition No. 6978 of 2024, Gangaram S/o Bhagwan Tayade v. State of Maharashtra & ors. Petitioner, appointed junior clerk/storekeeper at Priyadarshani H.S.C.V.C., Borakhadi (run by respondent no.5 minority society, minority status since 15.06.2009), challenged refusal of approval to his appointment by respondent nos. 2, 3 and 4 vide orders dated 06.05.2024, 13.05.2024 and 15.05.2024, founded on the Finance Department recruitment ban (GR dated 25.05.2017; circular dated 30.06.2017) and the Higher Education Department GR dated 06.02.2012 requiring Section 5(1) MEPS Act, 1977 permission. Issue: whether the State recruitment ban applies to minority institutes and whether the Management's recruitment was legal. Held (ratio): ban inapplicable to minority institutes (following W.P. 2538/2021, Ubhajo Shikshan Sanstha v. State of Maharashtra, dt. 16.11.2021; W.P. 5936/2022 relied on for the State's subsequent lifting of the ban); Section 5(1) permission serves only surplus-staff verification/preference and does not bind minority institutes to absorb surplus teachers; GR-dated-06.02.2012 reliance misplaced; impugned orders quashed; fresh proposal within 15 days by R6 and decision within one month by R4 without invoking the ban. Disposition: petition disposed of. Counsel: Mrs. S.W. Deshpande for petitioner; Mrs. S.V. Kolhe, AGP for respondents/State; Shri S.R. Sayare for 'the respondent nos.' (specific numbers truncated in source text). No monetary quantum involved.