Kalpana Santosh Gurle v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others

Bombay HC21 Apr 2026WP/3062/2026

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Kalpana Santosh Gurle v. State of Maharashtra; WRIT PETITION NO. 3062 OF 2026; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; disposed 21 April 2026; Anganwadi Supervisor; cancer; inter-district transfer; Zilla Parishad Beed to Parbhani; vacant post; representation/proposal dtd 08.05.2025; corrigendum 07.09.2018 preference for employees suffering from cancer or serious illness; sympathetic decision by respondent nos. 3 and 4 after adequate proof.

What did the court decide?

No direct transfer ordered; respondent nos. 3 and 4 directed to decide the petitioner's representation sympathetically after she provides adequate proof; respondent no. 3 undertook to act on the representation within two weeks and respondent no. 4 to respond to communications as early as possible. ¶¶19

Kalpana Santosh Gurle vs the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, an Anganwadi Supervisor serving in Beed district who is stated to be suffering from cancer, should be transferred on a vacant post from Zilla Parishad, Beed to Zilla Parishad, Parbhani as per her request for inter-district transfer. +1 more

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Court's answer

The Court disposed of the Writ Petition with these observations, leaving the decision on the petitioner's transfer request to respondent nos. 3 and 4 rather than ordering the transfer itself.

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Ratio / Principle

Taking into consideration the petitioner's stated cancer condition and the corrigendum published by the State Government on 07.09.2018 giving preference in transfers to employees suffering from cancer or any other serious illness, respondent nos. 3 and 4 are to decide the petitioner's representation sympathetically after she provides adequate proof to support her ground.

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Bombay High Court (Bench at Aurangabad), Writ Petition No. 3062 of 2026, disposed on 21 April 2026 (Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Ajit B. Kadethankar, JJ.). Petitioner Kalpana Santosh Gurle, an Anganwadi Supervisor serving in Beed district and stated to be suffering from cancer (under treatment at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as well as Nashik), sought (i) transfer on a vacant post from Zilla Parishad, Beed to Zilla Parishad, Parbhani per her request for inter-district transfer, or (ii) in the alternative, that the respondents be directed to decide her representation/proposal dated 08.05.2025 in accordance with law. Advocates for respondent nos. 3, 5 and 6 and for respondent no. 4 waived notice; respondent no. 3 undertook to take action on the representation within two weeks and respondent no. 4 undertook to respond to communications as early as possible. Taking into account the petitioner's stated cancer condition and the corrigendum published by the State Government on 07.09.2018 giving preference in transfers to employees suffering from cancer or any other serious illness, the Court directed respondent nos. 3 and 4 to decide the representation sympathetically after the petitioner provides adequate proof to support her ground, and disposed of the Writ Petition with these observations.

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2026:BHC-AUG:17500-DB

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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WRIT PETITION NO. 3062 OF 2026

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Kalpana Santosh Gurle

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VERSUS

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The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others

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Mr. C. A. Shingare, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. Anup Nikam, Advocate for Respondent no.4 Mr. P. D. Suryawanshi, Advocate for Respondent nos.3, 5 and 6

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CORAM : SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI & AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ. DATED : 21^ST APRIL, 2026

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ORDER :-

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. Present petition has been filed for following reliefs:

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B. By issuing appropriate writ, orders or directions in the nature of writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, the petitioner may kindly be transferred on vacant post from Zilla Parishad, Beed to Zilla Parishad, Parbhani as per her request for inter district transfer OR in the alternate respondents may please be directed to decide the petitioner the representation/proposal dtd 08.05.2025 in accordance with law in the interest of justice.

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The petitioner who is serving in Beed district as Anganwadi Supervisor states that she is suffering from cancer and is taking treatment at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as well as Nashik. She want transfer from Beed district to Parbhani district on a vacant post.

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Learned Advocate Mr. P. D. Suryawanshi waives service of notice for respondent no.3, 5 and 6 and learned Advocate Mr. Anup Nikam waives service of notice for respondent no.4. Learned Advocate for the respondent no.3, 5 and 6 submits that the action would be taken in respect of the said representation within a period of two weeks from today.

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Learned Advocate for respondent no.4 also submits that the respondent no.4 would respond to the communication, if any, that would be made by respondent no.3 as early as possible.

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We have considered those statements so also taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is stated to be suffering from cancer and as regards the corrigendum published by the State Government on 07.09.2018 giving preference to the employees’ transfer who are suffering from cancer or any other serious illness, the respondent nos.3 and 4 to decide the representation sympathetically after the petitioner provides adequate proof to support her ground. With these observations, we dispose of the Writ Petition.

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[AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J] [SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, J.]

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Rushikesh/2026

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