29 wp-2380-26.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2380 OF 2026 Vishal Vilas Kamble. ...Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra and Others. ...Respondents. —————— Mr. Prashant Bhavake for the Petitioner. Mr. P. V. Nelson Rajan, AGP for the Respondent-State. —————— Coram : Sharmila U. Deshmukh & Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ. Date : September 11, 2026. P. C. : 1. By the present petition, the Petitioner seeks a direction to the Respondent No.5-Education Officer to decide the proposal seeking approval to the appointment of Petitioner on the post of junior clerk, which proposal was submitted on 2nd March 2026 and has not yet been decided. 2. Considering the limited relief sought in the present petition, the petition is disposed of by directing Respondent No.5–Education Officer to decide the proposal dated 2nd March 2026, expeditiously and in any event within a period of four weeks from today. In event the approval is granted, the Respondent No.2/4 to take steps to issue shalarth ID to the Petitioner within a period of three weeks thereafter and pay arrears of Patil-SR 1 of 2 2026:BHC-KOL:8846-DB 29 wp-2380-26.doc grant-in-aid salary within a period of two weeks thereafter. 3. Petition is disposed of in above terms. [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.] [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.] Patil-SR 2 of 2