JUDGMENT :

Sandipkumar C. More, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent, heard finally at admission stage.

2. The petitioner in the present writ petition is seeking quashing of the communication dated 31/08/2020 / 07/09/2020 issued by respondent No.3 to respondent No.7 college, as well as herself whereby respondent No.3 i.e. the Joint Director (Higher Education) Pune Regional Office, Pune has declined to sanction pensionary benefits to the petitioner as she was not possessing the requisite qualification i.e. NET/SET or PHD on the date of her appointment and also not acquired the said qualification within the specified period.

3. The petitioner was appointed as a lecturer vide order dated 08/09/1986 in respondent No.7 college run by respondent No.6 Ahmednagar Jilha Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj's a charitable Trust. Accordingly, the petitioner joined the said post as a full time lecturer on 11/09/1986. Respondent No.5 University had also approved the appointment of the petitioner vide order dated 10/11/1986, which was in fact for the period from 11/09/1986 to 05/03/1987. Thereafter, the said appointment was continued from time to time. Then as per advertisement published b