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Pramod Narayanrao Jagtap And Others v. The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Secretary Ministry Of Technical And Higher Education, Mumbai And ORS

2026-01-28Hon'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 CIVIL APPLICATION (W) NO. 1166/2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1582/2020 Pramod Narayan Jagtap and others ..versus..

The State of Maharashtra and others ALONGWITH CONNECTED MATTERS ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Shri S. S. Khadse and Shri S. P. Warale, Advocates for the Petitioner(s) Shri N.R. Patil, AGP for the Respondent/State Shri P. R. Puri, Shri A. A. Naik, Sr. Adv a/b Shri S. Khedkar, Advocates for respective Respondents CORAM:- M.S. JAWALKAR & NANDESH S. DESHPANDE, JJ. JANUARY 28, .

The present Application is filed by the Respondent Nos. 5 & 6 for dismissal of the Writ Petition insofar as the prayer clauses (II), (III) and (IV) are concerned.

(2) This Court, in the judgment dated 07/05/2025 passed in Writ Petition No. 788/2023 (Jayshree Ashok Gotmare & ors. vs. State of Maharashtra & ors.) observed in para 43 as under:- "43. We, therefore, dismiss the petition by upholding the order of closure dated 19/05/2022 (Pg.67) and the consequent GR dated 27/10/2022 (Pg.72). We however, direct the respondent Nos.4, 5 and 7 to undertake the exercise and calculate the compensation to ..

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911caw1166.25 911caw1166.25 be paid to the staff of the respondent Nos.8 and 9-Institution, on account of the closure. The same shall be done within a period of three weeks from today. We also make it clear that since petitions seeking emoluments, to which petitioners claim to be entitled, bearing Writ Petition Nos.7365 and 1999 of 2018 are pending they shall be decided on their own merits."

(3) In view of the above judgment of this Court, learned Counsel for the Petitioners also conceded that prayer clauses (II), (III) and (IV) do not survive.

(4) As such, the Application is allowed. The Writ Petition stands dismissed insofar as prayer clauses (II), (III) and (IV) are concerned. However, insofar as the compensation part is concerned, the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 are directed to take a decision about the payment of compensation to the Petitioners within a period of three weeks, as per the mandate of the order passed in Writ Petition No. 788/2023. Present Petition would survive to the extent of Prayer Clause (I).

(5) The Application stands disposed of.

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