Siddharth Iswar Motghare v. The State Of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Rural Development Dept., Mumbai And Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 25 OF 2024 ( Siddharth Iswar Motghare vs. State of Maharashtra and others ) Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders.

Shri J.R.Kidilay, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.M.Deshpande, in charge GP for respondent No.1. CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE AND ABHAY J. MANTRI , JJ.

ATE : JANUARY 03 , 2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

2) Our attention is invited to the impugned order dated 22/12/2023, passed by the respondent No.2. According to the counsel, the petitioner was appointed after following due process of law and has put into uninterrupted service about one year. It is claimed that pursuant to the complaint lodged by respondent No.6, the order impugned came to be passed, as the selection process was found to be faulty, as the appropriate age limit for the candidate belonging to reserved category was not correctly mentioned.

3) Issue notice to the respondents, returnable within six weeks.

4) Mr.A.M.Deshpande, learned in charge Government Pleader waives service of notice on behalf of respondent No.1. 5) Since the statement is made by the learned counsel for petitioner that the petitioner is still in service, therefore, there shall be status-quo as regards his service. KOLHE

2 913-WP 25.2024.odt 6) It is made clear that the copy of the writ petition be supplied to the office within a period of one week from today, failing which the writ petition shall stand dismissed without further reference to the Court 7) Stand over to 15/02/2024.

( ABHAY J. MANTRI, J. ) ( NITIN W. SAMBRE, J. ) KOLHE Signed by: Mr. Ravikant Kolhe Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 04/01/2024 10:39:35