Shobha Madhukar Khaire v. The State Of Maharashtra Through The Sec. Persons With Of Disabilities Welfare And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.4325 OF 2026 Santosh Hiraman Lashkare through Secretary for Rural Development Department WRIT PETITION NO.433 OF 2026 Shobha Madhukar Khaire WRIT PETITION NO.834 OF 2026 Hemlata Ramdas Pagar & Anr.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.839 OF 2026 Prashant Sham Bagul & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.835 OF 2026 Samadhan Kalu Shewale & Ors.
....Petitioners
WRIT PETITION NO.836 OF 2026 Kiran Pandit Jadhav & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.837 OF 2026 Sunanda Daulat Bachhav & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.1999 OF 2026 Vilas Murlidhar Gangurde & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.2378 OF 2026 Yuvraj Tanaji Wani WRIT PETITION NO.2380 OF 2026 Hiralal Vitthal Patil
WRIT PETITION NO.2381 OF 2026 Abhijit Arun Tupe WRIT PETITION NO.2382 OF 2026 Gitabai Punja Bharati WRIT PETITION NO.2383 OF 2026 Dilip Ramesh Nikam WRIT PETITION NO.2729 OF 2026 Nikhil Ramesh Fendar WRIT PETITION NO.2971 OF 2026 Madhukar N. Shewale WRIT PETITION NO.2974 OF 2026
Vaishali Sudhakar Sonawane WRIT PETITION NO.2997 OF 2026 Madhusudhan Ukhaji Ahire WRIT PETITION NO. 3436 OF 2026 Varsha Trimbak Akolkar through its Secretary, Mantralaya, Mumbai & Ors.
WRIT PETITION NO. 3462 OF 2026 Ravindra Babasaheb Shinde & Anr.
....Petitioners through its Secretary, Mantralaya, Mumbai & Ors.
WRIT PETITION NO. 3465 OF 2026 Maroti Babarao Ghenekar & Ors.
....Petitioners through its Secretary, Mantralaya, Mumbai & Ors.
WRIT PETITION NO. 3470 OF 2026 Pushpalata Dinkar Khedkar through its Secretary, Mantralaya, Mumbai & Ors.
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2036 OF 2026 Sachin Pitambar Patil ....Applicant through Principal Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2199 OF 2026 Suresh Shivaji Yadav ....Applicant through Principal Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2202 OF 2026 Vijay Shivaji Tupe ....Applicant through Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.3631 OF 2026 Rupali Prabati Lokhande
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2222 OF 2026 Prakash Bhimaji Raskar ....Applicant through Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2223 OF 2026 Vanita Hanmant Borate ....Applicant through Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2224 OF 2026 Hanmantrao Shivaji Awaghade ....Applicant through Secretary WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.7966 OF 2026 Yogesh Suresh Battise & Anr.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.4038 OF 2026
Ashok Suresh Bahir WRIT PETITION NO.4033 OF 2026 Anjali Marotirao Munde INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2396 OF 2026 Anjali Marotirao Munde ....Applicant through Secretary WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.8937 OF 2026 Pandharinath Satwajirao Gaikwad & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.9141 OF 2026 Gangadhar Dadasaheb Deshmukh through the Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2647 OF 2026
Santosh Hiraman Lashkare ....Applicant through Secretary for Rural Development Department WRIT PETITION NO.4441 OF 2026 Sindhu Asaram Watmode WRIT PETITION NO.4442 OF 2026 Ashok Dashrath Ghule WRIT PETITION NO.4443 OF 2026 Sandip s/o. Vinayak Sonawane through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.4444 OF 2026 Ashok Hanmanntrao Kolgaonkar & Ors.
....Petitioners
WRIT PETITION NO.4446 OF 2026 Ganesh s/o. Murlidhar Mahajan through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.4445 OF 2026 Sushma Laxman Dhonde & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.4448 OF 2026 Mahadev Hamant Shinde WRIT PETITION NO.4451 OF 2026 Sayyed Sallauddin Rehman WRIT PETITION NO.4450 OF 2026 Rajendra Sampatrao Sakhre
WRIT PETITION NO.4452 OF 2026 Yuvraj s/o. Adhar Patil through Principal Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.4454 OF 2026 Somnath Namdeo More & Anr.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.4455 OF 2026 Janabai Madhukar Jaybhay WRIT PETITION NO.4457 OF 2026 Ramchandra s/o. Tarachand Saindane through Principal Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.4458 OF 2026 Pandurang Vikram Patil
WRIT PETITION NO.4460 OF 2026 Vikram Suresh Patil WRIT PETITION NO.4461 OF 2026 Machhindra Sadashiv Waghmare WRIT PETITION NO.4477 OF 2026 Devananad Shivaji Kokate WRIT PETITION NO.4464 OF 2026 Dnyaneshwar Vedu Chaudhari WRIT PETITION NO.4465 OF 2026 Vilas Ramrao Machave
WRIT PETITION NO.4466 OF 2026 Santosh Kisan Sonwane WRIT PETITION NO.4468 OF 2026 Pankaja Maganlal Wagh WRIT PETITION NO.4467 OF 2026 Sanjay s/o. Santosh Patil through Principal Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.4469 OF 2026 Yuvraj Chandrabhan Lamb WRIT PETITION NO.4471 OF 2026 Arun Ramkishan Misal through its Secretary
WRIT PETITION NO.4474 OF 2026 Ajay Pundlik Shirsath WRIT PETITION NO.4473 OF 2026 Shivaji Desu Chavan WRIT PETITION NO.4475 OF 2026 Ambika Baliram Bagade WRIT PETITION NO.4478 OF 2026 Swapnali Walmik Patil WRIT PETITION NO.4480 OF 2026 Amol Vishnu Sanap
WRIT PETITION NO.4481 OF 2026 Vinaykumar Magan Wadekar WRIT PETITION NO.4482 OF 2026 Bhagwat Ashok Khod WRIT PETITION NO.4483 OF 2026 Shyamsundar Sadashiv Palse WRIT PETITION NO.4484 OF 2026 Kalyan Dnyabo Sanap WRIT PETITION NO.4485 OF 2026 Santosh Laxman Patil WRIT PETITION NO.4486 OF 2026
Shesherao Madhavrao Pune WRIT PETITION NO.4487 OF 2026 Anil Narayan Lohar WRIT PETITION NO.4488 OF 2026 Ganesh Gangadhar Kotsthane WRIT PETITION NO.4491 OF 2026 Raisa Parveen Mohammad Muneeruddin WRIT PETITION NO.4489 OF 2026 Suryakant Kakasaheb Shinde WRIT PETITION NO.4490 OF 2026
Haribhau Bhaiyasaheb Kakde WRIT PETITION NO.4507 OF 2026 Dashrath Goma Vaykhar WRIT PETITION NO.4492 OF 2026 Manisha Bhanudas Desale WRIT PETITION NO.4494 OF 2026 Sanjaykumar Vishwanath Bade WRIT PETITION NO.4493 OF 2026 Babasaheb Arhurba Mulik WRIT PETITION NO.4495 OF 2026 Bhagwan Ashruba Pawar
WRIT PETITION NO.4496 OF 2026 Dadasaheb Nanasaheb Pawar WRIT PETITION NO.4497 OF 2026 Sagar s/o. Rewaji More through the Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.4510 OF 2026 Madhusudan Vishwaranjan Kulkarni through the Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2762 OF 2026 Babasaheb Ashruba Mulik ....Applicant WRIT PETITION NO.10270 OF 2025
Neelam Prakash Magar & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.10271 OF 2025 Pramila Chandrakant Bhosale & Ors.
....Petitioners WRIT PETITION NO.16792 OF 2023 Asha Ambadas Kharat WRIT PETITION NO.16793 OF 2023 Balasaheb Harishchandra Anpat through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.16794 OF 2023 Ganesh Jayaji Giram through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.16795 OF 2023
Gokul Kashinath Kalamkar through its Secretary Rural Development WRIT PETITION NO.16796 OF 2023 Shivaji Kenath Avhad through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.16797 OF 2023 Maharashtra Rajya Divyang Karmachari Sanghatana through its Secretary Rural Development WRIT PETITION NO.16798 OF 2023 Shaila Tukaram Mungase through Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.16799 OF 2023 Rajendra Vitthal Thube
through its Secretary for Rural Development WRIT PETITION NO.16800 OF 2023 Jyoti Eknath Jadhav through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.16801 OF 2023 Khaandu Kashinath Bachkar through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.16802 OF 2023 Shrikant Fakirba Kolhe & Anr.
....Petitioners through its Secretary & Ors.
WRIT PETITION NO.19547 OF 2024 Sangita Raghunath Sable through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.19548 OF 2024
Eknath Dunda Saale through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17568 OF 2025 Kiran Vishnu Ghadage through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.434 OF 2026 Jayshri Abhiman Pagar & Ors.
....Petitioners through the Secretary & Ors.
WRIT PETITION NO.17893 OF 2025 Ravindra Zumber Pimpale through Secretary for Rural Development WRIT PETITION NO.17894 OF 2025 Lalita Madhavrao Dongre
through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17895 OF 2025 Nilesh Bapurao Godhane through its Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38857 OF 2025 Shivdas s/o. Sadashiv Ginewad ....Applicant Lalit Madhavrao Dongare INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38858 OF 2025 Shivdas s/o. Sadashiv Ginewad & Ors.
....Applicants Nilesh Bapurao Godhane WRIT PETITION NO.17896 OF 2025 Mithun Babulal Yadav through its Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38859 OF 2025 Shivdas s/o. Sadashiv Ginewad ....Applicant
Mithun s/o. Babulal Yadav WRIT PETITION NO.17897 OF 2025 Venkat Hullapa Akkemod through its Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38860 OF 2025 Shivdas s/o. Sadashiv Ginewad ....Applicant Venkat Hullapa Akkemod WRIT PETITION NO.17898 OF 2025 Ramkrishna Rangnath Mehetre through Secretary of Rural Development WRIT PETITION NO.17899 OF 2025 Sachin Pitambar Patil through Principal Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38861 OF 2025
WRIT PETITION NO.17900 OF 2025 Bajrang Ganpat Godse through Secretary INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38862 OF 2025 Ravindra s/o. Budha Sonawane ....Applicant Sunil Dagadu More WRIT PETITION NO.17901 OF 2025 Sunil Dagadu More through its Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17902 OF 2025 Ajitkumar Gulabrao Patil & Ors.
....Petitioners through its Secretary & Ors.
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38863 OF 2025 Ravindra s/o. Budha Sonawane ....Applicant
Ajitkumar Gulabrao Patil WRIT PETITION NO.17903 OF 2025 Mahendra Maruti Bankar through the Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17904 OF 2025 Yogesh Rambhau Aher through the Secretary & Ors.
WRIT PETITION NO.17905 OF 2025 Rajendra Govind Jadhav WRIT PETITION NO.17906 OF 2025 Hema Suresh Jadhav WRIT PETITION NO.17907 OF 2025
Shivaji Mahadev Bodare through the Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17908 OF 2025 Sunil Vashant Khade WRIT PETITION NO.17910 OF 2025 Dipali Vikaramsing Khavilkar WRIT PETITION NO.17911 OF 2025 Asha Dadasaheb Khade WRIT PETITION NO.17912 OF 2025 Kalpana Ravindra Ghadge WRIT PETITION NO.17913 OF 2025
Manisha Mahadev Kshirsagar WRIT PETITION NO.17914 OF 2025 Jyoti Pramod Sankapal WRIT PETITION NO.17915 OF 2025 Suresh Shivaji Yadav through the Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17916 OF 2025 Vijay Shiravji Tupe INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38865 OF 2025 Pramila Chandrakant Bhosale ....Applicant WRIT PETITION NO.17917 OF 2025
Pralhad Namdev Barkade INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38866 OF 2025 Vijaya Santosh Nilakhe ....Applicant INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38867 OF 2025 Neelam Prakash Magar ....Applicant through the Principal Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17918 OF 2025 Vijaya Santosh Nilakhe WRIT PETITION NO.17919 OF 2025 Dhanaji Rajaram Deshmukh
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.38869 OF 2025 Surekha Prabhakar Waydande ....Applicant through the Principal Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17920 OF 2025 Hanmantrao Shivaji Awaghade WRIT PETITION NO.17921 OF 2025 Vanita Hanmant Borate WRIT PETITION NO.17922 OF 2025 Prakash Bhimaji Raskar WRIT PETITION NO.17923 OF 2025 Kishor s/o. Gulabrao Pisa
through Secretary WRIT PETITION NO.17925 OF 2025 Milind Dau Waghmare through its Secretary ...
Mr. Narendra V. Bandiwadekar, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Vinayak R. Kumbhar, Mr. Rajendra B. Khaire, Mr. Aniket S. Phapale i/b. Ms. Ashwini N. Bandiwadekar, for the Petitioner in WP17921/2025. Mr. Parag V. Barde (through V.C.), for the Petitioner in WP/4325/2026 and WP/433/2026.
Ms. Padmaja Malgaonkar i/b. Mr. Suresh S. Pakale, Senior Advocate for the Petitioner in WP/834/2026 a/w. connected Writ Petitions. Mr. Sanjeev Kadam a/w. Mr. Prashant Raul, Ms. Varsha Thorat and Mr. Gaurav Pande, for the Petitioners in WP/10270/2025, WP/10271/2025, WPST/27916/2025 and WPST/27732/2025. Mr. Suvidh S. Kulkarni, for the Petitioners WP/3436/2026, WP/3462/2026, WP/3465/2026 and WP/3470/2026, WP/4038/2026,WP/4445/2026, WP/4451/2026, WP/4450/2026, WP/4454/2026, WP/4455/2026, WP/4461/2026, WP/4477/2026, WP/4465/2026, WP/4466/2026, WP/4469/2026, WP/4473/2026, WP/4475/2026, WP/4480/2026, WP/4481/2026, WP/4482/2026, WP/4483/2026, WP/4484/2026, WP/4486/2026, WP/4489/2026, WP/4490/2026, WP/4507/2026, WP/4492/2026, WP/4494/2026, WP/4493/2026, WP/4496/2026, WP/4510/2026, WP/16793/2023, WP/16794/2023, WP/16796/2023, WP/16800/2023, WP/16801/2023, WP/16802/2023, WP/19547/2024, WP/19548/2024, WP/17894/2025, WP/17895/2025, WP/17896/2025 and WP/17897/2025.
Ms. Pradnya Talekar (through V.C.) a/w. Mr. Vidyasagar Bhave and
Mr. Yogesh Morey i/b. Talekar and Associates, for the Petitioners in WP/17899/2025,WP/4452/2026,WP/4460/2026,WP/4464/2026,WP/ 4468/2026,WP/4467/2026,WP/4474/2026,WP/4478/2026,WP/ 4485/2026, for the Petitioners and for the Applicant in IA/2036/2026.
Mr. Arvind G. Ambetkar a/w. Mr. Sandeep Gupta, for the Petitioner in WP/4488/2026.
Mr. Bhupesh Patil (through V.C.), for the Petitioner in WP/17923/2025.
Mr. Saurabh Patil a/w. Mr. Dhanraj Lodha a/w. Ms. Dharni Divekar and Mr. Kiran Shinde i/b. Tungar Hrishikesh, for the Petitioner in WP/4033/2026.
Mr.
Vivek B.
Rane, for the Petitioner in WP/2729/2026,WP/2771/2026,WP/2774/2026 and WP/2997/2026. Ms. Sakshi Thombre i/b. Mr. Bhavesh Paithane, for the Petitioner in WP/2378/2026.
Ms. Sakshi Thombre i/b. Mr. Vivek Rane, for the Petitioner in WP/433/2026 and WP/434/2026.
Mr. S. B. Pulkundwar (through V.C.) for Respondent Nos.5 and 6 in WP/17895/2025, WP/17894/2025,WP/17897/2025,WP/17896/2025 and WP/1444/2026.
Mr. Ashwin R. Kapadnis, for the Nashik Zilla Parishad in WP/8611/2023, WP/433/2026, WP/434/2026, WP/834/2026, WP/2971/2026, WP/2997/2026 and WP/2378/2026.
Mr. Pandurang H. Gaikwad a/w. Mr. S. V. Gavand, for Respondent Nos.6 and 7 in WP/17568/2025.
Mr. Kedar B. Dighe, for Respondent Nos.2,4 and 5-PCMC in WP/2729/2026.
Mr. P. P. Kakade, Addl. GP a/w. Mr. V. G. Badgujar, AGP, Ms. Priyanka Chavan, AGP, Ms. P. N. Diwan, AGP for the RespondentState. Ms. Sejal Pawar, Law Consultant, Persons with Disability Empowerment Department, present.
Mrs. Sunita Ghadiyale, Deputy Secretary, Persons with Disability Empowerment Department, present.
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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.
DATE : 9th APRIL, 2026 P.C.:
1.
Oral arguments of all the learned Senior Advocates/Advocates have concluded.
2.
Closed for Judgment.
3.
The directions issued and the ad-interim orders passed earlier by this Bench, to continue.
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Digitally signed by SONALI MILIND PATIL Date:
2026.04.10 10:41:50 +0530 SONALI MILIND PATIL