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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO. 11058 OF 2025

BASAVRAJ

GURAPPA Kartiki Awantika .. Petitioner

PATIL

V/s.

Digitally signed by

BASAVRAJ GURAPPA The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents.

PATIL

Date: 2025.12.25

09:55:54 +0530

AND

WRIT PETITION NO. 11059 OF 2025

Shruti Hemant Wade .. Petitioner.

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents.

AND

WRIT PETITION NO. 11198 OF 2025

Patil Naresh Dongar …Petitioner.

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra & Ors. …Respondents.

AND

WRIT PETITION NO. 11753 OF 2025

Amit Arun Londhe … Petitioner.

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents.

Mr. Abhijeet Desai a/w Ms. Mohini A. Rehpade, Mr. Vijay Singh,

Smt. Daksha Punghera & Mr. Karan Gajra i/b Desai Legal LLP,

Advocates for the petitioner in all the above writ petitions.

Mr.O.A.Chandurkar, Addl. Government Pleader a/w Mrs. Pooja

Patil, AGP for the Respondent No.1-State in Writ Petition Nos. 11058

of 2025 and Writ Petition No.11198 of 2025.

Mrs. Pooja Patil, AGP for the Respondent No.1-State in Writ Petition

No.11059 of 2025.

Mrs. M. P. Thakur, AGP for the Respondent No.1-State in Writ

Petition No.11753 of 2025.

Mr.Ashutosh M. Kulkarni a/w Mr.Sarthak Diwan & Ms.Meghana

Chavan, Advocates for the Respondent No.2-MPSC in all the above

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writ petitions.

Dr.Milind Sathe, Senior Advocate a/w Mr.Rahul Nerlekar &

Ms.Amruta Nerlekar, Advocates for the Respondent No.3-Bombay

High Court in all the above writ petitions.

CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ &

GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

RESERVED ON : 18^th SEPTEMBER 2025

PRONOUNCED ON : 24^th DECEMBER 2025

PER, SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ.:

Four writ petitions with similar prayers, except an additional

prayer in Writ Petition No. 11753 of 2025, seeking re-evaluation and

re-calculation of the merit list as per Clause 6.5.1 of the Maharashtra

Public Service Commission Rules have been filed by the candidates

who appeared in the preliminary examination for the post of Civil

Judge (Junior Division) and Judicial Magistrate (First Class).

2. The prayers in Writ Petition No. 11753 of 2025 are reproduced

below:-

“(a) Issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order,

or direction in the nature thereof directing Respondents to

furnish to the Petitioner the copies of his evaluated answer

sheets pertaining to the Civil Judge (Junior Division) Judicial

Magistrate (First Class) Competitive Main Examination-2022;

(b) Declare that the action of Respondents in unilaterally

disposing of his RTI Application for providing the evaluated

answer sheets to the Petitioner as illegal, arbitrary,

unconstitutional, and violative of the Petitioner’s fundamental

rights under Articles 14, 19(1)(a), and 21 of the Constitution of

India.

(c) Issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order

or direction in the nature thereof, directing the Respondents to

Moderate/re-evaluate the answer sheet of the Petitioner for the

Civil Judge (Junior Division) Judicial Magistrate (First Class)

Competitive Main Examination–2022 and accordingly correct

the marks awarded, in the interest of justice and fairness.

(d) This Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of

Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction

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commanding Respondent No.2 to re-evaluate and recalculate

the merit list by correctly applying the Priority Order criteria

under clause 6.5.1, particularly considering the Petitioner’s

MBA degree dated 2015 instead of LL.M. degree dated 2020

for determining his priority ranking, and to place the Petitioner

at his correct and rightful position in the merit list and declare

him selected for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division)

Judicial Magistrate (First Class).

(e) Pending the hearing and final disposal of this Petition, the

Petitioner prays that this Hon’ble Court be pleased to direct the

Respondent No.2 to keep one post vacant in the Civil Judge

(Junior Division) and Judicial Magistrate (First Class)

Competitive Main Examination-2022,