Smt Varsharani D/O Sopan Sable And ANR v. The State Of Maharashtra Throu. Its Principal Sec. School Education Dept And Os

1 63-WP-16853-24.doc BHARAT DASHARATH PANDIT

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.16853 OF 2024 BHARAT DASHARATH PANDIT Date: 2025.08.05 11:49:00 +0530 Varsharani d/o Sopan Sable and Anr.

.... Petitioners.

V/s The State of Maharashtra and Ors.

.... Respondents.

Ms. Sneha Bhange with Mr. Divya Verma, Advocates for petitioners. Mr. Sachin H. Kankal, AGP for respondent nos. 1 to 3. CORAM :

SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ.

DATE :

1st August 2025 P.C. :

Issue involved in this writ petition is the legality of the order dated 13th September 2023 by which the respondent-authority declined to grant approval to the appointment of the petitioners and refused to issue Shalarth I.D. on the ground that their appointments were not made through Pavitra portal.

2.

The learned counsel for the petitioners refers to the decision of this Court in Writ Petition No.10205 of 2024 (Kalyansing Indrasing Rajput and Others vs. The State of Maharashtra Through its Principal Secretary and Others) and the connected matters to submit that this is an admitted position that the Pavitra portal was not in operation till June, 2024.

3.

In the order dated 23rd April 2025 passed in Writ Petition No.10205 of 2024 and connected matters, a coordinate bench of this Court issued directions to the Education Officer and Deputy Director of Education to grant approval for the appointment of the appointees in Writ Petition No.10205 of 2024 and connected Writ Petitions who were B.D.Pandit-SPS 1/2

2 63-WP-16853-24.doc also declined approval for a similar reason. Therefore, having regard to the fact that the Pavitral portal was not in operation till June, 2024, the respondent no.3 - Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Solapur could not have declined approval to the appointment of the petitioners and thus, the order dated 13th September 2023 has been rendered vulnerable and, accordingly, quashed. 4.

This writ petition succeeds to the extent that the respondent no.3 - Education Officer (Secondary) shall grant approval to the appointment of the petitioners as Shikshan Sevaks subject to the petitioners' fulfilling the other conditions. 5.

Writ Petition No.16853 of 2024 is allowed in the above terms. [MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.] [SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, J.] B.D.Pandit-SPS 2/2