GAVIT GULABSING SUKA vs SHRI SWAMI VIVEKANAND SHIKSHAN SANSTHA KOLHAPUR THR. SECRETARY/CHAIRMAN AND ORS

30.WP.16771.2024 (1).doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 16771 OF 2024 Shri Gavit Gulabsing Suka ….Petitioner Versus 1. Shri Swami Vivekanand Shikshan Sanstha (Kolhapur) 2. New English School & Junior College, Mhasala 3. The Deputy Director of Education ....Respondents Mr. Sugandh Deshmukh a/w. Aniket Kanawade, Bhushan G. Deshmukh, Vaibhav Thorave, Aryan Deshmukh, Irvin D’Souza & Karishma Shinde, for Petitioner. Mr. Narendra V. Bandiwadekar, Senior Advocate a/w. Vinayak R. Kumbhar, Rajendra Khaire & Aniket Phapale i/b. Ashwini Bandiwade, for Respondent No.2. Smt. M. S. Srivastava, AGP for State. CORAM: SOMASEKHAR SUNDARESAN, J. DATE : JANUARY 20, 2026 ORAL JUDGEMENT: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of parties, taken up for final hearing. 2. This Petition impugns a Judgement passed by the Learned School Tribunal, Mumbai in Appeal No. 59 of 2023 dated August 20, 2024 (“Impugned Judgement”) dismissing the Appeal filed by the Petitioner against the termination of the Petitioner from the services of Respondent No.1 (for convenience, “Management”) and Respondent No. 2 (for convenience, “School”). 3. The Petition