Ashok Devendra Bangre v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Principal Secretary, Education and Sports Dept. Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL disposed of with directions, not adjudicated on merits; teacher approval; grant of approval without valid staff approval; Education Officer respondent No.4; violation of Rules and Regulations; taxpayers' money; PIL treated as representation; competent authority respondent No.2; decision within eight weeks; opportunity of hearing to petitioner, respondent No.7-Management and other schools; communication within two weeks; Director of Education Pune; State of Maharashtra; AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 4; Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; Division Bench; Kilor and Wakode JJ.; neutral citation 2026:BHC-NAG:2802-DB; dated 17 February 2026.
What did the court decide?
The PIL was disposed of with directions: the PIL to be treated as a representation before the competent authority; respondent No.1 to decide it within eight weeks considering the grounds in the PIL memo; respondent No.2-Director of Education to take the decision after hearing the petitioner, respondent No.7-Management and other schools; decision to be communicated within two weeks thereafter; petitioner to serve copies on respondent No.3-Director of Education, Pune within one week.