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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VISHAL MISHRA th ON THE 11 OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 36317 of 2026 SHRI GURU SAHAB CARRIER SCHOOL NAYEGAON Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Yogesh Lokhande - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Gajendra Parashar - Panel Lawyer for the respondents/State.

ORDER The present petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs :-

"I. Issue a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned rejection dated 29.05.2026 (Annexure P/9) and further be pleased to direct the respondent Board to accept the affiliation fee and registration paper of the students, in the interest of justice.

II. Any other relief as deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, along with the cost of this writ petition be also awarded."

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner's school is run by the Society namely Bans Pai Shiksha Avam Swasthya Samiti District Betul registered under the Madhya Pradesh Society Registration Act, 1973 on 08.10.2007. From the date of registration the petitioner is running the school and it has deposited all the requisite fee and affiliation fee due in Session 2007-2008. The affiliation of the petitioner's school is carried out from session 2007-2008 to 2025-26 in this session the students appeared in the Board examination. The petitioner submitted online application for renewal of recognition for session 2026-27 before the respondent No.3 on 15.12.2025 but the respondent No.3 rejected the recognition application of the petitioner’s school on ground that the online application submitted by the petitioner’s school has been examined by the Committee constituted in this office, in which the case of renewal of recognition of petitioner’s school has been rejected due to non-fulfillment of the criteria by the petitioner’s school. Thereafter, the petitioner's school submitted the requisite information for renewal of recognition before the respondent No.3. Against the said rejection order, the petitioner's school filed First Appeal before the respondent No.3 on 06.03.2026 which was also rejected vide order dated 12.03.2026. Against the rejection of the first appeal, the petitioner has filed second appeal before the respondent No.3 on 07.05.2026 which was also rejected vide impugned order dated 29.05.2026. It is the argued that by virtue of the impugned order the career of the students who have already taken admission in the school will get effected because their registration form for the examination was not accepted by the Board. It is submitted that in similar circumstances, this Court vide order dated 23.09.2022 passed in Writ Petition No.21557/2022 granted interim relief to the petitioner vide order dated 23.09.2022. The petitioner has already deposited the affiliation fee till the session 2025-2026 and further the petitioner is ready to deposit the affiliation/recognition fee for the session 2026-27 and is ready to comply with the terms and conditions imposed by the respondent. On these grounds, he has prayed for quashment of impugned rejection order dated 29.05.2026.

3. The documents on record reflects that application for renewal of recognition was filed on 07.11.2025 online. The same was considered by the duly constituted Committee and renewal application filed by the petitioner/school was rejected due to non-fulfilment of the requisite criteria. The petitioner has preferred an online appeal against the same and the appeal was also dismissed due to non-fulfilment of deficiencies pointed out to the petitioner/school. The second appeal was preferred which was also rejected vide impugned order 29.05.2026. It is argued that petitioner has cured all the deficiencies, however the said documents produced before the Committee was never taken note of. It is also submitted that the there are many students imparting education in the school and if the recognition is not granted by the