Rahul Shivaji Maknikar And Another v. The Union Of India And Others
FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD _____________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | ______________________________________________________ PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.140 OF 2016 RAHUL SHIVAJI MAKNIKAR AND ANOTHER
VERSUS
THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ...
Advocate for petitioner : Mr. R.D. Biradar PP for Respondent/State: Mr.A.B. Girase ASG for respondent no.1 : Mr. S.B. Deshpande ...
CORAM: S.S.SHINDE & V.K. JADHAV, JJ.
Dated: March 10, 2017 ...
This Petition is filed with the following prayers :- "A) Kindly be directed to the Respondent authority to include the names of 3,87,120 students in Prematric Scholarship (PMS) renewal list for the year 2015-16 and release the Pre-matric Scholarship for the year 2015-16 and to deposit the same in their accounts.
B) Kindly be directed to the Respondent authorities to upload the Application ID of 3,87,120 students for the year 2015-16 for submission of application for next academic year i.e. 2016-17 for the scheme of Pre-Matric Scholarship.
C) Kindly be directed to Respondent Authority that the fresh list and renewal for the year 201516 be uploaded on the website for the information of the students and include the names of those schools whose names have not been included in the scholarship list.
D) Kindly be directed to the Respondent authority to initiate the departmental inquiry against the guilty persons for negligence while discharging their duty towards the implementation of Pre-matric Scholarship Scheme of 3,87,120 students."
2.
Pursuant to the notices issued to the Respondents, Respondent Nos.2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 have filed affidavit in reply. In the affidavit in reply the aforementioned Respondents in paragraph nos.17 and 18 stated thus :- "17. I say & submit that 7,80,066 forms were uploaded on NSP in the year 2015-16 out of which 2,17,593 forms were rejected due to incorrect information. Uploading of 3,77,822 forms was successful because data provided by these students and concerning schools was accurate.
18.
I say and submit that 3,87,120 students who are not included in PMS renewal list 2015-16 list due to either providing incorrect or sufficient data."
3.
The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that, it is true that, after issuing notices by this Court, the concerned Respondents have taken steps for including the names of students entitling them for scholarship, however, the names of some of the students have not been included. In our opinion, if the students whose names are not included, they may avail of the appropriate remedy as available to them in law or take corrective steps in view of the statements made in para 17 of the of the reply.
4.
With the above observations, Public Interest Litigation stands disposed of.
(V.K. JADHAV, J) (S.S. SHINDE, J) sga/