Ravindra Narayan Pawar v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD 937 WRIT PETITION NO.12585 OF 2023 BHUSHAN HIRAMAN VADKTE
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THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH IT'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS WITH 940 WRIT PETITION NO.12603 OF 2023 DARSHANA LASHIDAS VASAVE
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THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND OTHERS WITH 941 WRIT PETITION NO.12619 OF 2023 YOGEETA BARKOO HARNE AND ANOTHER
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THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH IT'S CHIEF PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS WITH WRIT PETITION NO.12742 OF 2023 RAVINDRA NARAYAN PAWAR
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THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH IT'S SECRETARY AND OTHERS Mr.S.B.Ghatol Patil h/f Mr.V.G.Deshmukh, Advocate for the Petitioners in first three petitions.
Mr.V.M.Kagne, AGP for the Respondent/State.
Mr.A.R.Nikam, Advocate for Respondent /Commissioner, Maharashtra State Examination Council, Pune-1.
( CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, JJ.) DATE : OCTOBER 11, 2023
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The Writ Petition No.12472/2023 is taken on board at the request of the learned Advocate for the Petitioner and with the consent of the learned AGP and Mr.Nikam. In all these 4 matters, the Petitioners submit that they are qualified to be registered on the Pavitra Portal. 2.
The learned Advocate representing the Examination Council and Commissioner of Education submits that earlier the deadline was extended from 15.09.2023 to 30.09.2023 and thereafter it was extended for a limited purpose to upload certain documents, upto 06.10.2023. It is specifically submitted that it would be an endless exercise to continue to extend these dates and the entire selection process would never be completed. He further submits that this Court should refrain from issuing a Writ of Mandamus for extending the dates.
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The learned Advocate for the Petitioners submits that this Court may grant time to enable the Petitioners to tender their e-mails for registering on the Pavitra Portal.
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The learned AGP submits that earlier, the grievance was
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Having considered the submissions of the learned Advocates for the respective sides, we do not find it appropriate to grant yet another extension for registration of the candidates. Such extensions have occurred on 2 occasions. The verification of documents has been undertaken by the Authorities. By the indulgence of the Court, if the dates are extended, it would practically render the entire process endless and the process would never be completed. 6.
In view of the above, we do not find that we could issue orders in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus to the Authorities to further extend the period.
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These Petitions are, therefore, disposed off. ( Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J. ) ( RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)