Gramoddhar Vidya Prasarak Shikshan Sanstha, Thr. President, Hingna, Nagpur and Anr. v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Tribal Development Dept., Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (ANIL S. KILOR and RAJ D. WAKODE, JJ.), Writ Petition No. 3872 of 2025, decided 28th January 2026. Gramoddhar Vidya Prasarak Shikshan Sanstha challenged the order dated 01.07.2025 appointing an Administrator on its Ashram School, issued on the directions of the Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development, Nagpur dated 19.06.2025 following an Enquiry Committee report. The State conceded that neither the enquiry report nor any show cause notice was served on the petitioners. Held: order quashed for breach of natural justice; liberty to take fresh action after due process; no costs. Keywords: natural justice, Administrator, Ashram School, Tribal Development, enquiry report, show cause notice, quashed and set aside.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; order dated 01.07.2025 passed by respondent no.2 quashed and set aside; respondents at liberty to take similar action after observing due process and principles of natural justice; pending civil application(s), if any, disposed of; no order as to costs.