109-CP-340-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 340 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 7798 OF 2025 (D) (Pramod Prabhakar Rohankar & Ors. Vs. Mr. Sharad Gosavi, Director of Primary Education, Pune & Ors.) __________________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's Orders. Mr. Prashant Gode, Counsel for the petitioners. ..... CORAM : ANIL L. PANSARE AND NIVEDITA P. MEHTA, JJ. SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 The order, of which contempt is alleged, has been passed on 13/7/2026. The operative part of the order reads as under : “6. Be that as it may. We have, in our judgment in Mangesh Amrutrao Kherde and Ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra, thr. Principal Secretary, School Education and Sports Department, Mantralay, Mumbai and Ors. [W.P.No.4574/2026, decided on 10.07.2026], issued certain guidelines for promotional process, which the respondents shall take into consideration and accordingly take necessary steps. The respondents shall commence the process of promotion de novo in the light of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Anjuman Ishaat E Taleem Trust Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.; [2025 SCC OnLine SC 1912], read with judgment of co- ordinate Bench at Aurangabad in Javid Khan Salimuddin Khan and Ors. Vs. The State of Maharashtra, thr. its Secretary, School Education & Sports Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and Ors. [W.P.No. 2785/3036, decided on 29.04.2026], read with judgment of this Court in Mangesh Amrutrao Kherde and Ors. (supra).” 2026:BHC-NAG:12780-DB 109-CP-340-2026 2 2] As could be seen, the Division Bench of this Court directed the respondents to commence the process of promotion de novo in the light of the judgment referred to in the said paragraph. In the said judgment, the cut off date, to commence the promotion, was suggested as 1st January of every year. 3] That being so, the cut off date in the present matter will be 1/1/2027. The process of promotion will be completed prior thereto. 4] In the circumstances, it will be too early to allege willful disobedience of the order under question. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. (NIVEDITA P. MEHTA, J.) (ANIL L. PANSARE, J.) Sumit Signed by: Mr. Sumit Agrawal Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 28/09/2026 18:31:50