19-10217-2025-IA=.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 10217 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 11417 OF 2022 Prakash Vishnu Zende (Deceased) Through the Legal Heirs Savita Prakash Zende (Bhosale) & Anr. … Applicants Versus The Director of Education (Secondary) Pune and Ors. … Respondents …………. Mr. Saurabh Pakale a/w Onkar Ghatage i/b Shankar Katkar for the Applicants. Mr. Narendra V. Bandiwadekar, Senior Advocate a/w Sagar A. Mane, Rushikesh D. Jagdale, Neha Farakate for Respondent Nos. 5 to 7. Mr. V.M. Mali, AGP for the Respondent - State. …………. CORAM : R.G. AVACHAT AND AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ. DATE : 17th FEBRUARY, 2026. P. C. : 1. Mr. Pakale, learned counsel for the applicant would submit that during pendency of the Writ Petition, the petitioner namely Mr. Prakash V. Zende has expired leaving behind him the present applicants as his legal representatives. Uday S. Jagtap 1 of 2 UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Digitally signed by UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Date: 2026.02.17 18:37:38 +0530 19-10217-2025-IA=.doc 2. For the reasons stated in the application, the application is allowed. 3. The applicant to carry out the amendment in the cause title of the writ petition and other consequential amendment, within a period of four weeks from today. 4. The Interim Application stands disposed of. [AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. ] [ R.G. AVACHAT, J. ] Uday S. Jagtap 2 of 2