Association of the Managements of Unaided Professional Colleges and Ors. v. Higher and Technical Education Department through Its Principal Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of six Bombay HC writ petitions (11014/2025, 5502/2026, 9103/2025, 14190/2025, 15327/2025, 5188/2026) by management associations of diploma, unaided professional and agriculture/allied colleges and by K.K. Wagh Education Society v. Higher & Technical Education Department (Principal Secretary) Maharashtra; relief sought: payment of pending scholarship, freeship and reimbursement amounts per annexed charts; court treated petitions as representations; scrutiny and hearing within five months; Rejoinder Affidavits to be considered; admissible amounts payable within four weeks of determination; reasoned order if rejected with liberty to pursue legal remedies; no merits opinion; disposed 23 April 2026 by Chagla and Sethna JJ.; no costs; compliance on 1 October 2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petitions disposed of by treating them as representations: Respondents-Authorities to scrutinise the representations and hear the Petitioners within five months, consider the Rejoinder Affidavits, determine the admissible amounts towards scholarship, freeship and reimbursement and pay them within four weeks of determination; if not entitled, a reasoned order to be passed with liberty to the Petitioners to seek redressal on merits and in accordance with law; no opinion expressed on merits, rights and contentions left open; no order as to costs; interim applications disposed of; compliance listing on 1st October 2026.