GAURI SADANAND GAIKWAD vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE SECRETARY SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPT. AND ORS

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Digitally signed by ARUNA ARUNA SANDEEP SANDEEP TALWALKAR TALWALKAR Date: 910.WP8560.2024.odt 2025.03.24 20:32:04 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8560 OF 2024 Smt. Gauri Sadanand Gaikwad. Aged 34 Years, Occ. Service, R/at Plot No. 87(East), MHADA Colony, Kulgaon-Badlapur, Dist. Thane. … Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra, Through the Secretary, School Education Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032. 2. The Education Officer, (Primary), Zilla Parishad, Thane. 3. Mahila Mandal, Kulgaon- Badlapur, Tal. Ambarnath, Dist. Thane 421 503, through the President/Secretary. 4. Late Dwarkabai Ganesh Naik Vidyalaya, Primary Division, Dattawadi, Kulgaon, Badlapur, Tal. Ambarnath, Dist. Thane 421 503, Through its Head Master. … Respondents. **** Mr. Narendra V. Bandiwadekar, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Vinayak Kumbhar, Mr. Rajendra Khaire, Aniket Phapale i/b. Mr. Sagar Mane, for the Petitioner. Mr. A.K. Naik, AGP for Respondent/State. Mr. Shrishail Sakhare, for Respondent No. 2. Talwalkar 1 910.WP8560.2024.odt Mr. Kishor Patil a/w. Mr. Abhishek Matkar, Mr. Tushar More i/b. Mr. Vaishnavi Gujrathi, for Respondent No. 3. **** CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 13th MARCH, 2025 ORDER JUDGMENT :(PER RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 2. This is a peculiar case before us. The Petitioner is appointed on compassionate basis after she untimely lost her father due to a massive heart attack on 8.10.2012, when she was only 20 years of age. The Management decided to appoint her on compassionate basis keeping in view her qualifications which were requisites for appointing her as Shikshan Sevak initially of the Primary School. On 1.1