{1} wp10630-26.doc drp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.10630 OF 2026 Sudhir Sumantrao Deshmukh PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and Others RESPONDENTS ....... Mr. Tukaram M. Venjane, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. S. K. Tambe, AGP for Respondent - State ....... AND WRIT PETITION NO.10634 OF 2026 Jai Hanuman Dnyanprasarak Mandal Through its President PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and Others RESPONDENTS ....... Mr. Tukaram M. Venjane, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. M. K. Goyanka, AGP for Respondent - State ....... [CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, & ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. J.] DATE : 19 th AUGUST, 2026 ORDER : 1. Challenge raised in these Petitions is to the Government Resolution dated 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. 2026:BHC-AUG:37841-DB {2} wp10630-26.doc 2. The issue raised in these Writ Petitions is no more res 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 Resolution dated 2nd April, 2026, of closing down the secondary and higher secondary schools, without granting them opportunity of hearing, is in violation of the principles of natural justice. Hence, the said Government Resolution is 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, which is published along with the Government Resolution dated 2nd April, 2026. {3} wp10630-26.doc III. Needless to mention that the Petitioners would continue their respective schools and no action as contemplated under the Government Resolution dated 2nd April, 2026 be initiated against them. [ ABASAHEB D. SHINDE ] [ NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI ] JUDGE JUDGE drp/wp10630-26.doc