Gnyanodaya Vidya Mandir And Junior College v. State Of Maharashtra School Education And Sports Dept. And ORS

TAUSEEF LAIQUEE FAROOQUI Tauseef 03-WP.1377.2024-modified.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION TAUSEEF LAIQUEE FAROOQUI Date: 2024.02.16 18:12:09 +0530 WRIT PETITION NO.1377 OF 2024 Gnyanodaya Vidya Mandir & Junior College ...Petitioner

Versus

State of Maharashtra School Education & Sports Dept. & Ors.

...Respondents

_________ Mr. Sandeep Mishra for the Petitioner.

Mr. N. K. Rajpurohit, AGP for Respondent (State). __________ CORAM : A. S. CHANDURKAR, JITENDRA JAIN, J.J.

DATE : 7th FEBRUARY 2024.

P.C. :- 1.

Considering the short issue involved, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal.

2.

The learned Assistant Government Pleader waives notice for the Respondents.

3.

The Petitioner, an educational institution is conducting primary, secondary and higher secondary classes. While being sanctioned the fourth and fifth additional divisions of the 11th and 12th standard commerce faculty vide communications dated 7th October 2013, 29th October 2013 and 23rd December 2015, reference was made to the medium as English. Since the commerce faculty was attached to

Tauseef 03-WP.1377.2024-modified.doc the Hindi and Marathi medium secondary school, the Petitioner made a representation dated 21st March 2023 to the Deputy Director of Education praying that the words "English Medium" be deleted and a revised order accordingly be issued.

4.

In the aforesaid facts, since the Petitioner has already made a representation with the Deputy Director of Education seeking correction of the aforesaid orders dated 7th October 2013 and 30th October 2015, the writ petition is disposed of by directing the Respondent No.3-Deputy Director of Education to consider the representation dated 21st March 2023 in accordance with law and take a decision thereof within a period of six weeks of receiving copy of this order. The decision taken be communicated to the Petitioner.

5.

Keeping all points on merits open, the writ petition is disposed of.

[JITENDRA JAIN, J.] [A. S. CHANDURKAR, J.] (The order is modified as per order dated 16th February 2024. The corrections in paragraph 3 of the order are shown in italics)