TRUP2T0I26:BHC-AS:2484-DB SADANAND BAMNE T B R A U M P N T E I SADANAND 916-713-2026.odt Date: 2026.01.20 11:08:20 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 713 OF 2026 Ratnamala Kamal Prasoon … Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents …

Mr.Nilesh Wable for the Petitioner.

Mr.Aditya R. Deolekar, AGP Mr.Akshay S. Pansare i/b. Mr.Sachindra B. Shetye for Respondent No.2 ...

CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE &

ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.

DATE : JANUARY 16, 2026 P.C:

1. Paragraph No. 14 of the judgment delivered by this Court in Gokul Shrirang Mundhe and Others Versus State of Maharashtra and Others., (2017) 4 AIR Bom R 431, cited by the Petitioner himself, indicates that Section 27 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that teachers teaching from 1^st to 8^th standard can be deployed for performing duties relating to elections to the local authority, the State Legislature, or Parliament, as the case may be.

2. In paragraph 15, it is recorded that there cannot be any dispute that the conduct of election is a pious obligation of the State, and every citizen is required to contribute for the conduct