2026:BHC-AUG:40091-DB 1 63.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 63 WRIT PETITION NO. 11045 OF 2026 SANT BAHINABAI PRIMARY SCHOOL SHIOOR THROUGH ITS HEAD MASTER VARSHA V SONTAKKE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Biradar Ramrao Dhondiram AGP for Respondent/State : Ms. Neha B. Kamble … CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 01.09.2026 PER COURT : . An innocuous prayer is pressed into service by the petitioner that, the respondent authority be directed to release grant-in-aid from 1st November, 2020 in favour of the petitioner. 2. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that this issue may be decided by respondent No.1 in the light of Government Resolution dated 15th February, 2021. 3. Be that as it may, we direct Respondent No.1 to treat present petition as representation and decide the issue in the light of the above mentioned Government Resolution, in accordance with law, within ten weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 4. Respondent No.1 is further directed to communicate the decision to the petitioner within two weeks. 2 63.doc 5. Learned advocate for petitioner undertakes to furnish copy of the Writ Petition along with the copy of this order to the concerned authority, within a period of two weeks from today. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of.

( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. ) ( NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. ) vsj..

2026:BHC-AUG:40091-DB 1 63.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 63 WRIT PETITION NO. 11045 OF 2026 SANT BAHINABAI PRIMARY SCHOOL SHIOOR THROUGH ITS HEAD MASTER VARSHA V SONTAKKE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Biradar Ramrao Dhondiram AGP for Respondent/State : Ms. Neha B. Kamble … CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 01.09.2026 PER COURT : . An innocuous prayer is pressed into service by the petitioner that, the respondent authority be directed to release grant-in-aid from 1st November, 2020 in favour of the petitioner. 2. Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that this issue may be decided by respondent No.1 in the light of Government Resolution dated 15th February, 2021. 3. Be that as it may, we direct Respondent No.1 to treat present petition as representation and decide the issue in the light of the above mentioned Government Resolution, in accordance with law, within ten weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 4. Respondent No.1 is further directed to communicate the decision to the petitioner within two weeks. 2 63.doc 5. Learned advocate for petitioner undertakes to furnish copy of the Writ Petition along with the copy of this order to the concerned authority, within a period of two weeks from today. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of.

( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. ) ( NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. ) vsj..