WP/8181/2026 of GRAMIN VIKAS SANSTHA, HINGANGHAT THR., PRE., USHAKIRAN ARUN THUTE AND ORS. Vs STATE OF MAH. THR., SEC., TO MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEPTT. MUMBAI AND ORS. on 8 October 2026

1 WP8181-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.8181/2026 (GRAMIN VIKAS SANSTHA, HINGANGHAT & OTHERS VERSUS STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & OTHERS) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Shri V.K. Paliwal, counsel for the petitioners. Shri S.S. Hulke, Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents. CORAM : URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE AND RAJ D. WAKODE

, JJ.

D ATE

: OCTOBER 08

, 2026

. P. C. Heard Shri V.K. Paliwal, learned counsel for the petitioners.

2. The petitioner no.1-Management runs the petitioner no.2-College wherein the petitioner no.3 is working as a Class-III employee.

3. Shri V.K. Paliwal, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in view of the vacancies arisen in the petitioner no.2-College, the petitioner no.1-Management had submitted a proposal on 15.03.2016 to the respondent no.3-Joint Director, Higher Education, Nagpur Division, Nagpur seeking permission to fill up those vacant posts by way of promotion as per seniority from the Class-III employees. The aforesaid proposal is at Record Page No.26, Annexure-4. After this proposal was submitted, which was never decided by the respondent no.3, the petitioners had submitted several reminders and proposals for grant of permission to fill up the vacant posts. Last such proposal is dated 06.04.2026, which is at Record Page No.34, Annexure-9. Even that proposal is not decided till date after passage of six months of its submission. In view of above, the petitioners have approached this Court seeking direction to the respondent no.3 to grant permission to promote the petitioner no.3 on the vacant sanctioned post of Registrar in the petitioner no.2-College. 2026:BHC-NAG:13571-DB

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4. We are at pains to observe that the respondent no.3, who is a competent authority to grant the ‘No Objection’ to the petitioner no.1- Management for effecting promotions to the employees, who are already appointed by following due procedure of law and when the respondent no.3 himself has accorded approval to the appointments of such employees, has caused such inordinate delay of ten years. In view of above, the petitioner no.1-Management is finding it difficult to run the petitioner no.2-College for want of sufficient staff. Even, the proposal which was submitted on 15.03.2016, is not yet decided.

5. In view of the above, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to the respondent no3-Joint Director, Higher Education to decide the proposals submitted by the petitioner no.1- Management right from 15.03.2016 to 06.04.2026 on their own merit and in accordance with law within the stipulated period of four weeks from the date of this order. The decision taken on the proposals shall be communicated to the petitioners within a period of two weeks from such decision. Shri S.S. Hulke, learned Assistant Government Pleader to communicate this order to the respondent no.3-Joint Director, Higher Education, Nagpur Division, Nagpur.

6. The writ petition is disposed of in aforesaid terms. No costs. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.) APTE Signed by: Apte Designation: Senior Pvt. Secretary Date: 09/10/2026 19:38:58