Tanaji Sambhaji Katkar v. the Dean Rajeshri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Regularization of services - Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College, Kolhapur - writ petitions under Article 226, Constitution of India - maintainability of writ petition - alternate remedy doctrine - Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) - petitions disposed of directing petitioners to approach MAT - reliance on Division Bench order dated 16.12.2025 in W.P.(ST) No.17653 of 2025 - ad-interim relief of 19.12.2025 continued for 12 weeks - contentions kept open - Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, 1 April 2026 - Madhav J. Jamdar & Pravin S. Patil, JJ.
What did the court decide?
All the writ petitions disposed of by allowing the petitioners to avail an appropriate alternate remedy (approach the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal); ad-interim relief granted by order dated 19th December 2025 continued for 12 weeks; contentions of all parties kept open.