WP.6949.2025
Case represented by Ld.
Mr. M.M. Pabale, AGP for the Respondent/State in WP/6949/2025.
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.
O R D E R – October 16, 2025.
33. These Writ Petitions are, therefore, disposed off. Since we have noticed that the Petitioner Sudhagad Education Society has not appointed even a single teacher through the Pavitra Portal Recruitment Pranali, the possibility that there may be many such Education Societies who may not have appointed teachers through such process.
34. Therefore, we direct the Principal Secretary, School Education and Sports Department, to constitute a High Level Committee of at least 3 members, for each region/division in Maharashtra, comprising of a seniormost Deputy Director Education from the particular region/division, as the Chairman, and include such other officers from the Education Department, not below the rank of a Education Officers from that region/division. Such Committees shall inspect Educational Institutions / Societies/ Managements etc., in the respective regions and submit a report to the Principal Secretary of the said Department, who shall initiate appropriate remedial action against the erring Institutions, save and except, in cases wherein the High Court or the Hon’ble Supreme Court has passed orders granting approvals.
35. To ensure utmost discipline amongst the Private Managements and strict adherence to the Pavitra Portal Recruitment Pranali, we reiterate the directions set out in Pravin Bodhu Kasbe Vs. State of Maharashtra and Others, (2022) 2 Mah LJ 241 and Prakash Daulat Patil Vs. State of Maharashtra, Through the Secretary and Others, (2024) 6 Bom CR 186. This would also mean that it is imperative that the State must ensure that the Pavitra Portal Recruitment Pranali must be functional for all institutions and Login IDs should be provided to such institutions. So also, the State must formalise a ‘STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE’ (SOP) in view of the above and for the following aspects :
A] Availability of the Pavitra Portal Recruitment Pranali.
B] Availability of the Login ID for each Management.
C] Reaction time of 7 working days for each Education Officer/Dy Director Education/Education Inspector, etc., to respond to the communications of the Management, in writing.
D] Continuously upload the names of the surplus teachers on the website of each Zilla Parishad/Municipal Corporation, etc.
E] Strict compliance of the publications of advertisements in largely circulated newspapers, one of which should be in the Regional language, in terms of the GRs dated 06/02/2012 and 10/6/2022.
F] Reservation roster shall be strictly followed and should be specifically mentioned in the advertisements.
The above aspects are illustrative in nature and not exhaustive. The State is at liberty to add to the above and ensure that a fool-proof SOP is introduced within a period of 6 months from today. For clarity, it shall be formulated on or before 15th March, 2026. Compliance of the above directions shall be reported to the Court on 23rd March, 2026.
36. Rule is discharged.
(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)
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