VISHWASHANTI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND
Case Details
2025:BHC-AUG:26267-DB 947-WP-11349-2025+group.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 947 WRIT PETITION NO. 11349 OF 2025 VISHWASHANTI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 948 WRIT PETITION NO. 11350 OF 2025 SHRI VIDNYANESHWAR SHIKSHAN SANSTHA JALNA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 949 WRIT PETITION NO. 11355 OF 2025 SHIVRAJ BAHUUDDESHIYA SEVABHAVI PRATISHTHAN THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 950 WRIT PETITION NO. 11356 OF 2025 JAGDESHWARI GRAMIN VIKAS PRATISHTHAN VADALA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER 1 of 8 (( 2 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group AND 951 WRIT PETITION NO. 11358 OF 2025 LAXMIBAI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THROUGH ITS SECRETARY VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 952 WRIT PETITION NO. 11360 OF 2025 SARASWATI BAHUUDDESHIYA SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 953 WRIT PETITION NO. 11364 OF 2025 JIJA MATA GRAMIN VIKAS VA SHIKSHAN SANSTHA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER AND 954 WRIT PETITION NO. 11365 OF 2025 JAGDAMBA BAHUUDDESHIYA SANSTHA HELAS THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER 2 of 8 (( 3 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group AND 955 WRIT PETITION NO. 11366 OF 2025
Legal Reasoning
SHRI VIDNYANESHWAR SHIKSHAN SANSTHA JALNA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 956 WRIT PETITION NO. 11367 OF 2025 SHREE GAJANAN BAHUUDDESHIYA SEWABHAVI SANSTHA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER AND 957 WRIT PETITION NO. 11368 OF 2025 JIJA MATA MAHILA VIKAS VA SHIKSHAN SANSTHA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER AND 958 WRIT PETITION NO. 11369 OF 2025 JAY BHADRA BAHUUDDHESHIYA SAMAJIK SANSTHA MAHAL PIMPRI VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ANOTHER 3 of 8 (( 4 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group AND 959 WRIT PETITION NO. 11380 OF 2025 VISHWASHANTI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 961 WRIT PETITION NO. 11385 OF 2025 SHRI VIDNYANESHWAR SHIKSHAN SANSTHA JALNA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 962 WRIT PETITION NO. 11389 OF 2025 MORESHWAR SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL THROUGH ITS SECRETARY VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 963 WRIT PETITION NO. 11403 OF 2025 SAMRUDDHI BAHUUDDESHIYA SEVABHAVI SANSTHA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS 4 of 8 (( 5 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group AND 964 WRIT PETITION NO. 11404 OF 2025 SHRI KRUSHNA BAHUUDDESHIYA SEVABHAVI SANSTHA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS 969 WRIT PETITION NO. 11665 OF 2025 SHRI GANESH EDUCATION FOUNDATION PACHAN VADGAON THR ITS PRESIDENT VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS AND 971 WRIT PETITION NO. 11678 OF 2025 ASHOK BHAU CHAVAN BAHUUDDESHIYA SEVABHAVI SANSTHA THR ITS SECRETARY VERSUSTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS AND 994 WRIT PETITION NO. 11653 OF 2025 VSS SCHOOL RUN BY VINDHYACHAL SHIKSHAN SANSTHA THORUGH ITS MEMBER VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 998 WRIT PETITION NO. 11664 OF 2025 DESARDA PUBLIC SCHOOL THROUGH AMOL KALIDAS DANDGAVHAL VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS 5 of 8 (( 6 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group .… Mr. V. D. Hon, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Shubham S. Kote i/b Mr. P. C. Mayure Advocate for Petitioners in Writ Petition Nos. 11349, 11350, 11355, 11358, 11360, 11366, 11380, 11385, 11389 of 2025 Mr. V. D. Hon, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Shubham S. Kote i/b Mr. A. V. Hon, Advocate for Petitioners in Writ Petition Nos. 11403 and 11404 of 2025 Mr. V. S. Panpatte, Advocate for Petitioners in W.P. Nos.11665 and 11678 of 2025 Mr. S. V. Deshmukh, Advocate for Petitioners in W.P. Nos.11653 and 11664 of 2025 Mr. V. D. Sapkal, Senior Advocate i/b Mr. Atharva D. Khedkar, Advocate for Petitioners in W.P. Nos.11356, 11363, 11365, 11367 and 11368 of 2025 Mr. A. B. Girase, Government Pleader for the Respondent – State in all Petitions .… CORAM : MANISH PITALE AND Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, JJ. DATE : 24.09.2025 PER COURT :- 1. These petitions were taken up for consideration on 18.09.2025. The petitioners in these petitions are aggrieved by an order dated 01.09.2025 issued by the respondent State of Maharashtra, whereby, recognition of the schools run by the petitioners, to be part of the “Raje Yashwantrao Holkar English Medium Residential School Scheme” has been withdrawn. Under the said scheme the students belonging to ‘Dhangar’ community, were 6 of 8 (( 7 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group permitted to be admitted in these English medium residential schools, for which certain grants were released to these petitioners. 2. The principal contention raised on behalf of the petitioners is that the respondent State did not issue notice to them before taking such a drastic action and that therefore, there is violation of principles of natural justice. 3. On 18.09.2025, when these petitions were taken up for consideration, the following statement was made by Mr. Girase, the learned Government Pleader. “6. At this stage, Mr. Girase, learned Government Pleader, on instructions, makes a statement that status quo as on today shall be maintained in respect of the schools run by the petitioners in these petitions and that appropriate statement can be made in the next week with regard to the manner in which the respondent – State Authorities would be resisting the aforesaid contention raised on behalf of the petitioners and if required, an appropriate statement can be made, which may eventually dispose of the petitions.” 4. Today, when these petitions are called out for hearing, the learned Government Pleader, on instructions of respondent No.2 i.e. Deputy Secretary of the Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department of the State of Maharashtra, makes a statement that the impugned 7 of 8 (( 8 )) 947-WP-11349-2025+group order dated 01.09.2025, shall be withdrawn by the respondent State. Thereupon, notices will be issued to the petitioners to show cause as to why action ought not to be taken against them on the basis of material said to be available with the respondent State against the petitioners. It is further stated that principles of natural justice shall be followed and after giving due opportunity to the petitioners, the respondent State, through its functionaries shall proceed to pass appropriate order. 5. The aforesaid statement is recorded as an undertaking to this Court. 6. In the light of the aforesaid statement made on behalf of the respondent State, nothing survives in these petitions and
Decision
accordingly, they are disposed of. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. [ Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J. ] [ MANISH PITALE, J. ] SMS 8 of 8