Prime Foundation Kharda Thr Its Viraj Vishnu Phatangare Patil v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad bench; per curiam order dated 27 April 2026 disposing 11 writ petitions of 2025 (Nos. 10321, 10326, 10327, 10328, 10330, 10332, 10335, 10348, 10354, 10359, 10360) by Maharashtra educational societies/trusts running primary/secondary and tribal ashram schools. Subject: staff approval and salary grant proposals recommended by the Extension Officer and pending with respondent No.3, Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development Department, Nashik. Directions: decide per Government policy and rules, on merit, after hearing petitioners, within eight weeks, and communicate decisions (already-decided proposals to be communicated forthwith). Advocates: V. D. Hon, Sr. Advocate i/b Ashwin V. Hon for petitioners; AGPs P. K. Lakhotiya, S. R. Wakle, A. V. Lavte, M. A. Aher, R. P. Gaur and M. K. Goyanka for the State.
What did the court decide?
Directions to respondent No.3 to decide the pending proposals in accordance with the applicable Government policy and rules, on their own merit and after hearing the petitioners, within eight weeks of receipt of the copy of the order, and to communicate the decisions (or, where already decided, communicate forthwith); writ petitions disposed of with these directions.