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Malipatil Akash Gangadhar and Another v. the State of Maharashtra and Another

Bombay HC4 Mar 2026WP/9846/2025

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What is this about?

MPSC recruitment CJJD & JMFC 2023; revision of interview-qualified list dated 27.03.2025; exclusion of candidates already selected via General Merit List 29.03.2025 (CJJD & JMFC-2022, Advt No.40/2024) who again qualified under Advt. No.46/2024; coverage by Principal Seat order dated 14.01.2026 (Shree Chandrashekhar CJ & Gautam A. Ankhad J.) directing publication of interview call-list per extant rules; revised MPSC qualified list published 25.02.2026, petitioner at Sr. No.94 Aurangabad; writ petition disposed of as purpose served; Bombay HC Aurangabad DB, 2 April 2026.

What did the court decide?

No formal relief adjudicated; petition disposed of as its purpose stood served — the petitioner figures at Sr. No.94 in the revised list of qualified candidates (Aurangabad) published by the M.P.S.C. on 25.02.2026. ¶22

Malipatil Akash Gangadhar and Another vs the State of Maharashtra and Another — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition seeking revision of the interview-qualified list dated 27.03.2025 for CJJD & JMFC 2023 (to exclude candidates already selected in the General Merit List dated 29.03.2025 for CJJD & JMFC-2022) still required adjudication, given the Principal Seat order dated 14.01.2026 and the revised MPSC list published on 25.02.2026.

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Court's answer

This Court held that the case of the petitioners is squarely covered by the order dated 14.01.2026 passed at the Principal Seat of this Court, wherein detailed directions were given and writ petitions seeking similar reliefs were disposed of.

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Ratio / Principle

This Court held that, since the M.P.S.C. had published the revised list of qualified candidates on 25.02.2026 with the petitioner at Sr. No.94 in the Aurangabad list, the purpose of filing the present petition stood served and the writ petition was accordingly disposed of.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench, Double Judge): Writ Petition No. 9846 of 2025 — Malipatil Akash Gangadhar and another v. The State of Maharashtra and another — decided 2 April 2026 (Coram: Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav, JJ.). The petition sought revision of the list of qualified candidates for interview dated 27.03.2025 for CJJD & JMFC 2023 so as to exclude candidates already selected in the General Merit List dated 29.03.2025 for CJJD and JMFC-2022, expedite final recommendations/document verification/medical examination for the 48 selected candidates common to Advt No.40/2024 and Advt. No.46/2024, and permit the petitioners to appear for interview under Advertisement No. 46 of 2024. The Court recorded the Learned Government Pleader's submission of the order dated 14.01.2026 of the Principal Seat (Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ & Gautam A. Ankhad, J.) directing the Maharashtra Public Service Commission to publish the interview-call list per extant rules and norms, by which writ petitions seeking similar reliefs had been disposed of, and held the petitioners' case squarely covered by that order. Pursuant to that direction the M.P.S.C. published a revised list of qualified candidates on 25.02.2026, in which the petitioner appears at Sr. No.94 in the Aurangabad list. Finding the purpose of filing served, the Court disposed of the writ petition.

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9846.2025WP.odt

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2026:BHC-AUG:14436-DB

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD.

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929 WRIT PETITION NO. 9846 OF 2025

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Malipatil Akash Gangadhar and another VERSUS

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The State of Maharashtra and another

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Advocate for the Petitioners : Mr. Tirthkar G.N. GP for Respondent/State: Mr. A.B. Girase

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CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND

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VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

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DATED : 2^nd APRIL, 2026.

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ORDER :

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. This petition is filed seeking following reliefs :-

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"a. This Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the Respondents to revise the list of qualified candidates for interview, dated 27.03.2025 for CJJD & JMFC 2023, thereby excluding the names of candidates who are already selected in General Merit List dated 29.03.2025 for Post of CJJD and JMFC-2022.

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b. This Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the Respondents to expedite the process of publishing the final recommendation list as well as verification of documents and medical examination with respect to the subject 48 students who are selected for the post of CJJD & JMFC 2022 Advt No.40/2024 and also found qualified for interview for same post in Advt. No.46/2024.

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c. That during the pendency and final disposal of the present Writ Petition, the Respondents may be directed to

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9846.2025WP.odt

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revise and publish the list of qualified candidates for interview, dated 27.03.2025 for CJJD & JMFC 2023 and thereby excluding the names of candidates who were already selected in General Merit List dated 29.03.2025 for Post of CJJD and JMFC-2022.

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d. That during the pendency of this Writ Petition the Respondents may be directed to permit the present Petitioners to appear for Interview if at all interview process for the post of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class is commenced arising out of Advertisement bearing No. 46 of 2024;"

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Learned Government Pleader has placed on record copy of the order dated 14.01.2026 passed at the Principal Seat of this Court (Coram : Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ & Gautam A. Ankhad, J.), thereby directing the Maharashtra Public Service Commission to publish a list of candidates who shall be called for interviews as per extant rules and norms and of course if they are qualifying the benchmark. In that order detail directions are given and the writ petitions seeking similar reliefs are disposed of. The case of the petitioners is squarely covered by the said order.

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Pursuant to the said direction, the M.P.S.C. has published a revised list of qualified candidates on 25.02.2026, in which, in the list of Aurangabad, the petitioner’s name appears at Sr. No.94. In this view of the matter, purpose of filing present petition is served. Writ Petition is therefore disposed of.

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(VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,J.)

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(NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI,J.)

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