Bombay High CourtWP/4017/2025partly allowed

Sayali Ramesh Hirekhan And Others v. State Of Maharashtra, (Thr. Secretary), Dept. Of School Education And Sports Dept., Mumbai And ORS.

2026-04-06Hon'Ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar , Hon'Ble Shri Justice Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 4017/2025 (Sayali Hirekhan & others vs. State of Maharashtra & others) WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 3968/2025 (Anjum Mohammad Mushtaque & another vs. State of Maharashtra & others) ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Shri K.S. Agrawal, Advocate for the Petitioner(s) Ms. S.S. Jachak, Addl. GP for the Respondent/State Shri M.M. Sudame, Sr. Adv a/b Shri S.H. Wasnik, Adv for the Respondent No. 2 Shri S. Majid, Advocate for the Respondent No. 4 CORAM:- M.S. JAWALKAR & NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, JJ. APRIL 06, .

Heard learned Counsel for the respective parties. (2) It is the contention of the Petitioners that their salaries were stopped since March, 2025 without giving any show cause notice nor any orders passed in that regard. The Respondents issued notices to the Petitioners, Management as well as Headmaster on 24/01/2026. In pursuance to that, the Petitioners remained present before the Authority along with the original documents. The Respondents, though verified original documents, passed the impugned order dated 26/02/2026 and concluded that approval order was not issued by the office of the Deputy Director of Education, Nagpur Division, Nagpur. One of the reasons for such conclusion is that the original record is not produced by the Petitioners. The Petitioners filed their explanation in ..

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11wp4017.25+ 11wp4017.25+ detail vide communication dated 12/03/2026 wherein they have specifically mentioned that though they were having original record and shown to the Officers, still such orders are passed. Even today, the Petitioners are ready to produce the original documents before the Authority.

(3) Upon this, learned AGP contends that if such documents are produced before the Deputy Director of Education, Nagpur Division, Nagpur, the Deputy Director of Education would take a fresh decision. (4) The Petitioners shall appear before the Deputy Director of Education, Nagpur Division, Nagpur on 08/04/2026 at 11:00 am along with all the original documents and copies thereof. (5) The Deputy Director of Education shall get the copies verified from the original and return the original documents to the Petitioners. Thereafter, the Deputy Director of Education shall take a decision in the matter by 17/04/2026.

(6) List the matters on 20/04/2026. By that time, the Deputy Director of Education shall submit the compliance report. (NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, J.) (M.S. JAWALKAR, J.) ..

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