Rajesh Shantaram Gurav v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Principle Secretary For Education
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
by SUNNY ANKUSHRAO THOTE Date:
2025.11.19 11:19:24 +0530 SUNNY ANKUSHRAO THOTE CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 724 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 6319 OF 2024 Rajesh Shantaram Gurav
...Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
...Respondents
Mr. Avinash Fatangare i/by Ms. Archana Shelar, Advocate for the Petitioner.
Mr. P.P. Kakade, Addl. G.P. a/w Ms. Nisha Mehra, AGP for Respondent No.1/State.
CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ.
DATE : 17th NOVEMBER, 2025 P.C. :- 1.
We have perused the order dated 29th April, 2024 passed by the Writ Bench, more particularly, paragraph Nos. 6 and 7, which read as under :- "6. In that view of the matter, we dispose of this petition by directing that the above impugned order will be treated as notice to Petitioners of the proposed ground/s for rejection of Petitioner No. 1's proposal, which stands restored. If there are any other grounds on which the Respondent Education Officer intends to return or reject the proposal, he is directed to
communicate the same to the Petitioners within a period of 3 weeks from today.
7. The Petitioners shall thereafter submit their explanation to the proposed grounds, along with supporting material including government resolutions, case laws /orders of this Court etc. if relied upon. The Respondent Education Officer is directed to decide the proposal of Petitioner No. 1 thereafter within a period of 8 weeks, by dealing with the explanation given by the Educational Institute as also dealing with case law/orders of this Court, by passing a reasoned order, subject to other time bound directions. The order will be passed as per directions in Nitin Tadge's case, as stated above."
2.
The concerned Education Officer, Smt. Dahitule issued a notice of hearing to the Management on 5th July, 2024. The Management performed the compliances on 25th November, 2024. After she had heard the Management, she was transferred on 4th June, 2025. She was succeeded by Mr. Devidas Mahajan. 3.
The learned Additional G.P. submits, on instructions, that Mr. Mahajan has realized his mistake and tenders an apology. The Management shall appear in his office on 24th November, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. He would consider the submissions of the Management and the material placed before him. Thereafter, he would pass a reasoned order on or before 31st December, 2025 and
shall communicate the order to the Management on its E-mail Address, within 24 hours. E-mail Address of the Management is as under :- prhs1937@gmail.com 4.
By adverting to the above statement, this Contempt Petition is disposed off. However, we record that if the statement made before us is not honoured, we would hold Mr. Devidas Mahajan in aggravated contempt.
(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)