2026:BHC-AS:4362-DB Sharayu Khot.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 16020 OF 2025 Deepak Chhagan Rathod …Petitioner Versus The State Of Maharashtra & Anr. …Respondents ----------

Ms. Rutika Karale, Mr. Aditya Shinde, Mr. Prashant Mahajan i/b Vaibhav V. Ugle for the Petitioner.

Mr. Yatin Shashikant Khochare, "B" Panel Counsel for the Respondent.

Mr. Rohit Sakhadeo for Respondent No. 2 (PCMC).

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CORAM : R.I. CHAGLA J.

ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J Reserved on : 20 January 2026 Pronounced on : 29 January 2026 JUDGMENT : (Per R.I. Chagla, J.)

1. By this Writ Petition, the Petitioner is seeking direction to the Respondents to forthwith absorb and appoint the Petitioner for the post of Civil Engineering Assistant on the vacant post, as the SHARAYU PANDURANG KHOT Petitioner is at Sr.No.2 of the wait list for the post of Civil Digitally signed by SHARAYU PANDURANG KHOT D 20 a 2 te 6 : .01.29 Engineering Assistant on such terms as this Court may deem fit and +0530 proper.

2. The Petitioner is having a Bachelor of Arts and Construction Supervisor course completed from the recognized university. The Petitioner had come across one advertisement issu