905 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 412 OF 2013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 905 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 412 OF 2013 IN PIL/58/2012 Kiran Prakash Jadhav Versus The State Of Maharashtra And Others __________________________________________________________ Adv. Tambe Rahul A. for the Petitioner Ms. U. S. Bhosale, A.G.P. for State Adv. Shivaji T. Shelke for Respondent Nos. 3 to 5 __________________________________________________________ CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ. DATE : SEPTEMBER 02, 2026 ORDER : [PER VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J.] 1) In the order under contempt, this Court, in view of the statement made by respondent - Deputy Education Officer (Primary), Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar, had directed the closure of unauthorized schools, with further direction not to continue the said unauthorized schools from the Academic Year 2013-2014. 2) Respondent Nos. 2 to 4 have filed affidavit-in- reply and, in Paragraph 3 of the affidavit-in-reply, it is stated that, subsequently, due to a policy decision of the Government of Maharashtra granting permission to the Komal Kamble Page| 1 of 2 2026:BHC-AUG:41106 905 CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 412 OF 2013 schools to run on self-financed basis, under the Maharashtra Self-Financed Schools (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2012, permission was granted to Respondent No. 6 to run the Respondent No. 7 - School. 3) In view of the above, nothing survives in the present Contempt Petition and the same stands disposed of. (VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV) JUDGE (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE) JUDGE Komal Kamble Page| 2 of 2