IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY LAXMI SUBHASH CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SONTAKKE Digitally signed by LAXMI SUBHASH SONTAKKE Date: 2026.01.23 17:17:45 +0530 WRIT PETITION NO. 14685 OF 2024 Babasaheb Dyanoba Garje .. Petitioner Versus Chaudhary Atar Singh Yadav Memorial Education Trust through its President & Ors. .. Respondents AND WRIT PETITION NO. 17108 OF 2024 Dipak Raju Raut .. Petitioner Versus The Principal, Hope Foundation & Ors. .. Respondents AND WRIT PETITION NO. 14150 OF 2024 Nilima Sharad Vatkar .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 14165 OF 2024 Ratnakar A. Kharade .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 14206 OF 2024 Tabrej Fayyaz Mujawar .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 14172 OF 2024 Krishna Uttam Jadhav .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 18439 OF 2024 Ashwin B. Tomar .. Petitioner Versus Savitribai Phule Pune University & Ors. .. Respondents Mr. Vaibhav Kulkarni a/w Prathamesh Deshpande, Disha Rathod and Yash Agarwal for the Petitioners in WP/14685/2024 and WP/17108/2024.

Mr. Avinash Belge for the Petitioner in WP/14150/2024, WP/14165/2024, WP/14206/2024 and WP/14172/2024.

Mr. Sugandh Deshmukh a/w Aniket Kanawade for the Petitioner in WP/18439/2024.

Mr. Sandesh Shukla a/w Amit Singh, A. Saayed, Bhushan Bhadgale i/.b Abhay Nevagi & Associates for the Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 in WP/17108/2024.

Mr. Shrishailya S. Deshmukh for Respondent Nos. 5 & 6 in WP/14150/2024.

Ms. Anu C. Kaladharan i/b. Anjali N. Helekar for Respondent No.3 in Sr. No. 919 and for Respondent No.6 in WP/17108/2024 and for Respondent No.5 in WP 14685/24.

Mr. Rajendra Anbhule a/w Nisha Ahire and Pooja Patil for Respondent No.8 in WP/17108/2024, for Respondent No.8 in WP/14150/2024 and for Respondent No.7 in 14685/2024.

Mr. K. S. Bapat, Senior Advocate a/w Druti Datar for Respondent Nos.

5 and 6 in WP/14165/2024, WP/14172/2024 & WP 14206/2024.

Mr. Sangram B. Suryawanshi, for Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 in WP/18439/2024.

Mr. S. B. Kalel, AGP for the State-Respondent Nos. 4, 5 and 7 in WP/14685/2024.

Mr. V. M. Mali, AGP for Respondent Nos. 4 5 and 7 in WP/17108/2024.

Mr. A. K. Naik, AGP in WP/18439/2024.

Ms. Nisha Mehra, AGP in WP/14172/2024.

Mr. S. B. Kalel, AGP in WP14150/2024. Mr. V. M. Mali, AGP in WP/14165/2024.

Ms. P. N. Diwan, AGP in WP/14206/2024.

CORAM: RAVINDRA V. GHUGE &

GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, JJ.

DATE: JULY 15, 2025 FINAL ORDER (Per : Ravindra V. Ghuge, J)

1. In all these matters, the individual Petitioners are those employees who had approached the Grievances Committees of the respective Universities, under Section 79 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016. They are employed in the colleges which are affiliated to such Universities.

2. The common grievance voiced by the Petitioners is that, after the Grievances Committee delivers a verdict under Section 79, and if such decision is in their favour, two developments/eventualities are observed by these Petitioners. Firstly, the colleges out rightly refuse to implement the directions of the Grievances Committee. Secondly, the Colleges make a statement that they have filed Writ Petitions before the learned Single Judge, and the proceedings are kept pending. Whenever the employee, who is the beneficiary of the order of the Grievances Committee, seeks implementation of the order by sending a representation or making an application to the management, the answer is that the order of the Grievances Committee is sub-

judice in a Petition filed before the learned Single Judge of the High Court.

3. In the above backdrop, these Petitioners contend that they are practically rendered remediless and are made to run from pillar to post. They cannot get the benefits of the order of the Grievances Committee in the light of either of the above two stands which are normally taken by the Management.

4. We h