JUDGMENT :

Nitin Jamdar, J.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Taken up for disposal.

2. The Petitioner, working as a head of the school of the Respondent – Management, is placed under suspension. He has challenged the order of suspension and has sought a direction to permit him to resume the duties.

3. The Petitioner joined the services of Respondent No.1 – Management in the year 1991 as an Assistant Teacher in the Respondent No.5 – school. A Resolution was passed by the Respondent No.4 – Management in the year 2021 to permit the Petitioner to be a signing authority for the post of headmaster after the death of the earlier head of the school. Thereafter, the Petitioner came to be promoted as head of the school on a regular basis on 11 June 2021.

4. Dispute arose between the Petitioner and the Respondent – Management. On 19 August 2022 the Respondent – Management approached the Respondent No.3 – Education Inspector to grant permission to place the Petitioner under suspension. The permission was refused by the Education Inspector by a communication dated 6 September 2022. Thereafter, on 11 November 2022, a statement of allegations of misconduct were issued to the Petitioner and that t