SHABANA RASHID PINJARI vs MAHARASHTRA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION THOR. ITS CHAIRMAN

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Digitally signed ARUNA by ARUNA SANDEEP SANDEEP TALWALKAR TALWALKAR Date: 2025.04.09 20:51:33 +0530 WP4023.2025.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4023 OF 2025 Shabana Rashid Pinjari. Age : 41 years, Occ: Nil, Residing at : 302, Al Sufiyan Flat, Savera Hotel, Amber Tower, Ahmedabad, Gujrat- 380055. … Petitioner. Versus Maharashtra Public Service Commission, Through its Chairman, having officer at – Trishul Gold Field, Plot No. 34, Sector 11, Opp. Sarovar Vihar, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400 614. … Respondent. **** Dr. Uday Warunjikar i/b. Mr. Siddhesh Pilankar, for the Petitioner. Mr. Ashutosh Kulkarni a/w. Mr. Siddharth Shitole, for Respondent- MPSC. **** CORAM : M.S. KARNIK AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 8th APRIL, 2025 JUDGMENT (ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J) 1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith and by consent of the Advocates representing the respective parties, petition is taken up for final hearing. Talwalkar 1 WP4023.2025.odt 2. Petitioner, battling and surmounting debility against visual impairment (100% blindness), has filed the present Petition invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Factual Matrix : 3. Respondent published an advertisement No. 01/2023 dated 20.01.2023, inviting online registration of applications from eligible candidates for the Maharashtra Subordinate Group-B and Group-C Services Combined Preliminary Examination-2023 (“said advertisement”). Supplementary advertisement bearing Advertisement No. 111/2023 was published on 13.10.2023 4. In response to the said advertisement, Petitioner being 100% permanently visually impaired ( blind) , on 30.01.2023 applied for the post of Clerk-Typist (Marathi – English)-2023 under the Person with