Smt. Sujata Suresh Awati v. State Of Maha. Thr. Sec. Higher And Technical Education And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Digitally signed by NIKITA KAILAS DARADE Date:

2025.04.24 20:53:19 +0530 WRIT PETITION NO.4037 OF 2025 NIKITA KAILAS DARADE Sujata Suresh Awati .....Petitioner Vs.

The State of Maharashtra and Ors. ....Respondents Mr. Narendra Bandiwadekar Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Vinayak Kumbhar a/w Mr. Rajendra Khaire i/b Ms. Ashwini Bandiwadekar for the Petitioner.

Adv. Gracy Saldanha i/b Vikram Walawalkar for the Respondent No.3.

Mr. V. G. Badgujar, AGP for the State.

CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ.

DATE : 24th APRIL, 2025 P.C. :- 1.

Despite a direct judgment on identical set of facts delivered on 27th March, 2025, Ashok Kakasaheb Chaugule Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. in Writ Petition No.3368 of 2022, as well as the judgment delivered by this Court in Purushottam Harishchandra Shirsekar and Anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2022 (2) Mh. L.J. 390, the learned AGP Mr. Vijay Badgujar is Nikita

213-wp-4037-2025.odt instructed by Mr. Bacchav, who is the Regional Joint Director, Higher Education, Kolhapur region, that the two aforesaid judgments are not applicable to this case and he desires to file an affidavit.

2.

Let such affidavit be tendered across the bar on 29th April, 2025.

3.

List the Writ Petition in the urgent category on the supplementary board on 29th April, 2025.

(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Nikita