SANJIVANI SHAILESH PATIL AND ORS vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR PRIN. SEC. DEPT. OF SCHOOL EDU. AND ORS

2025. Mrs. Pooja Joshi Deshpande, AGP for the Respondent/State in WP/6950/2025. Ms. Priyanka Chavan, AGP for the Respondent/State in WP/10116/2025. **** CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. RESERVED ON : 8th OCTOBER, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 16th OCTOBER, 2025 JUDGMENT :- (PER : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties. SUNNY THOTE 3 of 33 (4-to-6)-WP-6949-2025-(C).odt 2. In all these matters, the Petitioners comprise of the individual employees and the Education Society (their employer), which is Sudhagad Education Society, Pali, Taluka Sudhagad, District Raigad. The identically placed employees and the Management are aggrieved that the proposal forwarded by the Management seeking approval to the appointment of the employees, as Shikshan Sevak, has been rejected. The details about the employees, who were appointed as Shikshan Sevak for a period of three years, have been set out in the pleadings. [A] CONTENTIONS OF THE PETITIONERS 3. It is claimed that the advertisement, prior to the selection and appointment of the teachers, was published in ‘Ratnagiri Times’. The School Committee found these Petitioner