2025:BHC-AS:52177-DB Digitally signed by ARUNA ARUNA SANDEEP SANDEEP TALWALKAR TALWALKAR Date: 917.WP9628. 2025.odt

2025.12.01

12:10:22 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 9628 OF 2025 Shankar s/o. Dinkar Sathe.

Age: 33 years, Occu.: Service as a Shikshan Sevak working with Narayanrao Sanas Vidyalaya Wadgaon (Kh.)

(Sanasnagar), Pune. … Petitioner.

V/s.

1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary School Education and Sport Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32.

2. The Education Officer (Secondary)

Pune Zilla Parishad, Pune

3. The President/Secretary, Rayat Shikshan Sanstha Satara-415001.

4. The Divisional Officer, Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Western Division, City Suery No. 556, Aundhgaon, Pune-411007.

5. The Headmaster, Narayanrao Sanas Vidyalaya Wadgaon (Kh.) (Sanasnagar), Pune-411041. … Respondents.

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Mr. Ketan Pote (through V.C.) a/w. Mr. Deepak Pote, Advocate for Petitioner.

Mrs. Pooja Joshi-Deshpande, AGP for Respondent/State. Mr. Akshay Shinde, Advocate for Respondent No. 3 to 5.

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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ.

DATE : 26^th NOVEMBER, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT : (Per Ravindra V. Ghuge, J)

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties.

2. The grievance of the Petitioner is that he is not granted an approval by the Order dated 9.7.2021, after being appointed as a Shikshan Sevak on compassionate basis. The learned AGP has placed on record a copy of the approval order dated 21.11.2025 issued by Dr. Bhausasheb Karekar, Education Officer (Secondary), Pune Zilla Parishad, Pune. The same is marked as ‘X’ for identification.

3. We have heard the learned Advocate for the Petitioner, the learned AGP for Respondent-State and the learned Advocate for Respondent Nos. 3 to 5.

4. The conditions imposed on the Petitioner, in the order ‘X’ at Serial No. 13 and 15, read thus:

"१३) आपणा(cid:6)स शि(cid:9)क्षणास(cid:11)वक पदा(cid:6)वर रुजु(cid:18) दिदानां(cid:6)(cid:21)क(cid:6)प(cid:6)स(cid:22)नां ५ वर्षा(cid:6)च्tiया(cid:6) आत टी(cid:30)ईटी(cid:30) उत्ती(cid:30)णाti करूनां प्रमा(cid:6)णापत्र स(cid:6)दार कर(cid:6)व(cid:11) ला(cid:6)गे(cid:11)ला, अन्याधा(cid:6) आपला(cid:30) दिनांया(cid:18)क्ती, रद्द करणा(cid:11)त या(cid:11)ईला.

१५) स(cid:21)दार्भti क्रमा(cid:6)क(cid:21) ८ चे(cid:11) (cid:9)(cid:6)सनां दिनांणाtiया(cid:6)न्वया(cid:11) प(cid:6)चे वर्षा(cid:6)tiच्या(cid:6) आत शि(cid:9)क्षक प(cid:6)त्रत(cid:6) पर(cid:30)क्ष(cid:6) किंकव(cid:6) क3द्री(cid:30)या शि(cid:9)क्षक प(cid:6)त्रत(cid:6) पर(cid:30)क्ष(cid:6) ही(cid:30) अहीtiत(cid:6) धा(cid:6)रणा करणा(cid:11) बं(cid:21)धानांक(cid:6)रक र(cid:6)ही(cid:30)ला. दिवही(cid:30)त मादा(cid:18)त(cid:30)त प(cid:6)त्रत(cid:6) पर(cid:30)क्ष(cid:6) उत्तित्तीणाti नां झा(cid:6)ल्या(cid:6)स त्या(cid:6)चे(cid:21) (cid:30)

शि(cid:9)क्षक पदा(cid:6)वर(cid:30)ला स(cid:11)व(cid:6) समा(cid:6)प्त करण्या(cid:6)त या(cid:11)ईला.”

5. There is no dispute that though the Petitioner is appointed on compassionate basis, if he has to become an Assistant Teacher, he must have the TET/C-TET qualification. He has already completed 3 years as Shikshan Sevak, since he was appointed on 9.7.2021. Presently, he is still working as a Shikshan Sevak. If he has the requisite qualification, he would have become an Assistant Teacher in July, 2024 and if the School was grant-in-aid, he would have received the salary of the Assistant Teacher under the aided establishment.

6. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has delivered a verdict in Anjuman Ishaat-E-Taleem Trust V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Others (2025 SCC OnLine SC 1912). Those candidates who have more than 5 years in employment before superannuation, are directed to acquire the TET qualification within 2 years. If they fail to do so, their services are to be dispensed with. We are adverting to paragraph No. 217 of the Anjuman Ishaat-E-Taleem Trust(supra), which reads as under :

“217. Insofar as in-service teachers recruited prior to enactment of the RTE Act and having more than 5 years to retire on super