17.WP5655.2025.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5655 OF 2025 Sharda Shashikant Powar & Ors. … Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents. **** Mr. Chetan Patil i/b. Mandar G. Bagkar, Advocate for the Petitioners. Ms. Pooja Joshi Deshpande, AGP for Respondent/State. **** CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 30th APRIL, 2025 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. In this Petition, the learned AGP is instructed to state that the proposal forwarded to the Director of Education by the Deputy Director of Education, Kolhapur Division, would be decided within six weeks. 3. In view of the above, this Writ Petition is disposed off. 4. Naturally, we expect Respondent No.2 to follow the due procedure laid down in law and deal with the said proposal, within a period of 60 days from today. If there are any objections/deficiencies, the Talwalkar 1 ARUNA SANDEEP TALWALKAR Digitally signed by ARUNA SANDEEP TALWALKAR Date: 2025.05.06 10:45:11 +0530 17.WP5655.2025.odt same shall be pointed out to the Management within a period of three weeks from today, and the Management would cure the objections/deficiencies within a period of three weeks, thereafter. 5. Needless to state, if the State Government approves the creation of posts, fresh proposal can be tendered by the Management with regard to Petitioner No.1 to Respondent No.4. If the State Government disapproves the proposals, liberty to the Petitioners to avail of a remedy, as is permissible in law, and all contentions on the said cause of action are kept open. (ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Talwalkar 2