Priyanka Ram Marathe v. The Education Officer Secondary Zilla Parishad And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION (SR. NO.69)WRIT PETITION NO.3636 OF 2025 Mayuri Mandar Patil ....Petitioner versus The Education Officer (Secondary) Zilla Parishad, Thane & Ors.

....Respondents AND (SR. NO.70) WRIT PETITION NO.3637 OF 2025 Neha Dipak Jagdale ....Petitioner versus The Education Officer (Secondary) Zilla Parishad, Thane & Ors.

....Respondents AND (SR. NO.71) WRIT PETITION NO.3638 OF 2025 Pranali Pratik Bhole ....Petitioner versus The Education Officer (Secondary) Zilla Parishad, Thane & Ors.

....Respondents AND (SR. NO.72) WRIT PETITION NO.3667 OF 2025 Priyanka Ram Marathe ....Petitioner versus The Education Officer (Secondary) Zilla Parishad, Thane & Ors.

....Respondents

Ms. Poushali Roychoudhury a/w Mr. Kunal Patil i/b. Mr. Kashyap Bhalerao, Advocate for the Petitioners in all Writ Petitions. Mr. Swapnil Kamble, Advocate for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in WP/3636/2025.

Ms. Priyanka Chavan, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in WP/3637/2025.

Mr. Abhijeet Naik, Advocate for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in WP/3638/2025.

Mr. V.G. Badgujar, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 in WP/3667/2025.

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

DATE : 7th APRIL, 2025 P.C. :- 1.

In all these matters, the only prayer put forth by the Petitioners is that their pending proposals with Respondent No.1, may be decided within a time-frame.

2.

The learned AGP submits that the proposals would be decided within the timeline as may be directed by the Court. 3.

In view of the above, these Writ Petitions are disposed off with the following directions:

(a) Respondent No.1 shall list out the objections/deficiencies and serve the Respondent No.3 Management within 21 days from

today. Objections shall be raised in one stroke. (b) The Management shall remove the deficiencies and submit a revised proposal within 21 days from the date of the receipt of the objections.

(c) Thereafter, Respondent No.1 would decide the proposal on its own merits by following the due procedure laid down in law, within 30 days by passing a reasoned order.

(d) We make it clear that we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the proposal.

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