Dnyanbharati Education Society Thr Its President v. the Assistant Commissioner Social Justice and Social Welfare and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dnyanbharati Education Society v. The Assistant Commissioner, Social Justice and Social Welfare & Ors., Writ Petition No. 10894 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, decided 17 April 2026 (Madhav J. Jamdar & Pravin S. Patil, JJ.). Approval to start Higher Secondary Classes (Std. 11 and 12); proposal dated 9.2.2022 to Assistant Commissioner, Social Welfare, Kolhapur; recommendation dated 7.5.2022 to Regional Deputy Commissioner, Social Welfare, Pune Division, Pune; Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department established w.e.f. 1.6.2017; Secretary of that Department directed to consider recommendation and decide within 2 months; hearing and reasoned order mandatory before any adverse order; writ petition disposed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed of with directions: the Secretary, Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department to consider the Regional Deputy Commissioner's recommendation and decide within 2 months, granting due hearing and passing a reasoned, communicated order before any adverse decision; no order as to costs.