{1} 901-wp-10834-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 901 WRIT PETITION NO. 10834 OF 2026 Nutan Mahila Sarvoday Balvikas Sanstha Pachora Through Its President Sau. Madhavi Prataprao Taware And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Sanket Sonawane h/f Mr. P.D. Bachate, Advocate for the Petitioners Mr. M.K. Goyanka, AGP for State 928 WRIT PETITION NO. 5258 OF 2026 Janata Vidya Prasarak Sanstha Dhule Through Its President Manohar Gorakh Patil & Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Otherrs ... Mr. Sanket Sonawane h/f Mr. P.D. Bachate, Advocate for the Petitioners Mr. B.B. Bhise, AGP for State 929 WRIT PETITION NO. 5259 OF 2026 Alkavi Education And Welfare Society Through Its Secretary Ayyub Khan Dalmir Khan And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Sanket Sonawane h/f Mr. P.D. Bachate, Advocate for the Petitioners Mr. N.D. Batule, AGP for State 930 WRIT PETITION NO. 5263 OF 2026 Satpuda Foundation Through Its President Sayyed Zakir Sayyed Mehboob And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Sanket Sonawane h/f Mr. P.D. Bachate, Advocate for the Petitioners Mr. M.K. Goyanka, AGP for State 2026:BHC-AUG:39092-DB {2} 901-wp-10834-2026 WRIT PETITION NO. 4787 OF 2026 Shri Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Krida Sanskrutik Va Shaikshanik Mandal Through its President Prashant Suresh Naik And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Vijay B. Patil, Advocate for the Petitioners Ms. Neha Kamble, AGP for State WRIT PETITION NO. 4786 OF 2026 Parvatadevi Apang Shikshan And Prashikshan Prasarak Mandal Through its President Shantaram Tukaram Patil & Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. Vijay B. Patil, Advocate for the Petitioners Mr. B.B. Bhise, AGP for State ....... CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 28th AUGUST, 2026 PER COURT : 1. Writ Petition Nos. 4787 of 2026 and 4786 of 2026 are not board. Upon mentioning same are taken on board. 2. 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 {3} 901-wp-10834-2026 in aid from the State Government. 3. The issue raised in all 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. 4. 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 Petitioners’ institutions from the list of schools, which is published along with the Government Resolutions dated 1st April, 2026 and 2nd April, 2026. {4} 901-wp-10834-2026 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.) Bhagyawant Punde