MANISHA ARJUN SAKORE vs PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THR ITS COMMISSIONER AND ORS

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Digitally signed by ARUNA ARUNA SANDEEP SANDEEP TALWALKAR TALWALKAR Date: 2025.10.15 15:33:21 +0530 940.WP4445.2025.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4445 OF 2025 Mrs. Manisha Arjun Sakore. Aged 48 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Survey No. 2023/2/B/31, Rajiv Nagar (South, Viman Nagar, Pune – 411 014. … Petitioner. V/s. 1. Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune, Through its Commissioner. 2. The Additional Municipal Commissioner (General), Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune. 3. The Deputy Commissioner, Education Department (Primary), Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune. … Respondents. --- Mr. Narendra V.Bandiwadekar, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Vinayak R. Kumbhar, Mr. Rajendra Khaire, i/b. Ms. Ashwini Navjyot Bandiwadekar, Advocate for Petitioner. Ms. Manisha Jagtap a/w. Ms. Yashashree Raut, AGP for Respondent- PMC. --- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 9th OCTOBER, 2025 Talwalkar 1 940.WP4445.2025.odt ORAL JUDGMENT : (Per Ravindra V. Ghuge, J) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties. 2. This is an example of a lady teacher having been ill-treated by the employer Corporation. As we unfold the dates and sequence of events in this judgment, the reasons for terming this case to be an example of ill-treatment, would become evident. 3. The dates and sequence of events are as under : (a) The Pune Municipal Corporation, School Education Department (Primary), claimed to have received a complaint of a girl student alleging that the Petitioner, who is a lady teacher, did not treat her properly. Based on the said complaint, the Petitioner was issued with a show cause notice dated 27th February, 2025. By the said notice, without giving the Petitioner a copy of the complaint