*1* 40-gr-group IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 40 WRIT PETITION NO. 6963 OF 2026 Jai Jagdamba Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Hingoli VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary School Education And Other. ... Mr. Chandrakant K. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. A. M. Phule, AGP for Respondents/State ... 42 WRIT PETITION NO. 6966 OF 2026 Gram Vikas Shikshan Mandal Mangrul Through Its President Shasini A Patil And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others ... Mr. Chandrakant K. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. S. R. Wakle, AGP for Respondents … 43 WRIT PETITION NO. 6969 OF 2026 H B P Narayandeo Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Takali Through Its Joint Secretary And Anr VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Ors ... Mr. Chandrakant K. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. N. D. Batule, AGP for Respondents/State ... 47 WRIT PETITION NO. 7021 OF 2026 Laxmi Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Lingadari VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through School Education And Others ... Mr. Chandrakant K. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. N. S. Tekale, AGP for Respondents/State Narwade 2026:BHC-AUG:33468-DB *2* 40-gr-group … AND WRIT PETITION NO. 8920 OF 2026 (NOB) Shrigonda Taluka Krishi Seva Sangh through Its President VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Rahul B. Temak, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. N. D. Batule, AGP for Respondents/State … AND WRIT PETITION NO. 8921 OF 2026 (NOB) Shrigonda Taluka Krishi Seva Sangh through Its President VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Rahul B. Temak, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. S. R. Wakle, AGP for Respondents/State ... CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI & ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 31st JULY 2026 P. C. :- 1. Challenge raised in these Petitions is to the Government Resolutions dated 1st April, 2026 and 2nd April, 2026, whereby the State Government has taken a decision to disqualify the Petitioner-institutions from receiving grant in aid on the ground that they repeatedly failed to comply with the norms prescribed to receive grant in aid from the State Government. 2. The issue raised in all these Writ Petitions is no more res Narwade *3* 40-gr-group integra, as the same is decided on merits by this Court (Coram : Madhav S. Jamdar and Pravin S. Patil, JJ.) at Circuit Bench, Kolhapur in Writ Petition No. 1932 of 2026 and connected Writ Petitions, by a detailed order passed on 29th April, 2026. The said order is followed by the same Bench in Writ Petition No. 1971 of 2026 and connected matters, which were decided on 8th May, 2026. 3. For the reasons recorded in the order dated 29th April, 2026, these Writ Petitions are allowed in the following terms: I. It is hereby declared that the action taken under the impugned Government Resolutions dated 1st April, 2026 and 2nd April, 2026, of closing down the primary, secondary and higher secondary schools, without granting them opportunity of hearing, is in violation of the principles of natural justice. Hence, both these Government Resolutions are held to be not applicable to the extent of the Petitioners. II. The Government is hereby directed to delete the names of the Petitioner-institutions from the list of schools, Narwade *4* 40-gr-group which is published along with the Government Resolutions dated 1st April, 2026 and 2nd April, 2026. III. Needless to mention that the Petitioners would continue their respective schools and no action as contemplated under the Government Resolutions dated 1st April, 2026 and 2nd April, 2026 be initiated against them. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) Narwade