2026:BHC-AS:1712-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5278 OF 2025 Ashok Janrao & Ors. .. Petitioners Digitally signed by BASAVRAJ Vs.

BASAVRAJ GURAPPA GURAPPA PATIL State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents PATIL Date:

2026.01.16

11:47:43 +0530 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO.9360 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO.5278 OF 2025 Ajay Mahadev Harsulkar .. Applicant Vs.

Ashok Janrao & Ors. .. Respondents In the matter between :

Ashok Janrao & Ors. .. Petitioners Vs.

State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.58 OF 2026 Yogendra V. More .. Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.9200 OF 2025 Darshan Govardhan Thube .. Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.5486 OF 2025 AND WRIT PETITION NO.61 OF 2026 …

Mr. Sachin Thorat, Mr. Nitin Gaware Patil, Mr. Mohan Gawade & Mr. Dhananjay K.Bhosale, Advocates for the Petitioner in WP/5278/2025 Mr.Omprakash Kashid (through VC), Advocate for the Applicant in IA/9360/2025 Mr. Vinod Joshi a/w Mr.S.D.Deshpande, Advocates for the Petitioner in WP/58/2025 Mr. Vikrant Khare a/w Mr. Siddharth Gharat & Mr. Anirudh Rote, Advocates for the Petitioner in WP/9200/2025 Smt. Neha S. Bhide, GP a/w Mr. B. V. Samant, Addl. GP, Mr.Kedar B. Dighe, Addl. GP & Smt. P. J. Gavhane, AGP for the State - Respondent No. 1 Mr. Ashutosh M. Kulkarni a/w Mr. Vipul Raut, Advocates for Respondent No. 2 - MPSC in WP/5278/2025, WP/5486/2025, WP/9200/2025 & WP/58/2026 Dr. Milind Sathe, Senior Advocate a/w Mr. Rahul Nerlekar, Advocates for Respondent No. 3-High Court None for the Petitioners in WP/5486/2025 &

WP/61/2026 CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ &

GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

DATE : 14^th JANUARY 2026 P.C. :

It is stated at the Bar that 43 candidates who have qualified for the post of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class in the recruitment process of 2022 conducted pursuant to the Advertisement No.26 of 2023 have been given appointment letters. Whether or not all those 43 selected candidates have tendered their joining is not specifically stated by the learned counsels for the petitioners. They have, however, submitted that the list of selected candidates falling within the prescribed norms pursuant to the Recruitment Process-2023 is required to be revised in view of the fact that the 43 candidates selected in the Recruitment Process-2022 have been included in the select list for the Recruitment Process-

2023.

2. Accepting the statements made at the Bar by the learned counsels for the petitioners, we direct that the Maharashtra Public Service Commission shall publish a list of candidates who shall be called for the interview as per the extant rules and norms and of course if they are qualifying the benchmark. It is, however, made clear that all the newly added candidates from the Recruitment Process-2023 shall be provisionally permitted to participate in the interview for the post of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class and the final decision shall rest with the High Court. Those newly added candidates shall not claim any equity on whatsoever ground even if they secure highest cumulative marks. On this understanding and with a rider that if any selected candidate in the Recruitment Process-2022 has not tendered joining the number shall decrease accordingly.

3. Writ Petition No.5278 of 2025 along with Interim Application No.936 of 2025, Writ Petition Nos.9200 of 2025 and 58 of 2026 stand disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

4. Post Writ Petition Nos.5486 of 2025 and 61 of 2026 on

28^th January 2026.

[GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.] [CHIEF JUSTICE]