SUNIL SAHEBRAO PATIL vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA SCHOOL EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEPT. — WP/2451/2026

Case under The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act,1961 Section na. Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 26th March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM010080122026

Filing Number

WP/4575/2026

Filing Date

16-Feb-2026

Registration No

WP/2451/2026

Registration Date

18-Feb-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. Mantri

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. Mantri

Bench Type

Division

Category

OTHER SERVICE MATTERS ( 66 )

Sub-Category

TEACHING STAFF ( 1 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

26-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 19-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act,1961 Section na

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SUNIL SAHEBRAO PATIL

    Adv. PREETI WALIMBE

  2. 2.PRAKASH KASHINATH MHADSE

  3. 3.VAISHALI PANKAJ PACHPANDE ALIAS VAISHALI SADASHIV CHOUDHARI

  4. 4.VIJAY RAVSAHEB LOKHANDE

  5. 5.SANTOSH RAMDAS AMBEKAR

  6. 6.SAVITA VISHWANATH SALE

  7. 7.SHITAL NAVNATH PANDE

  8. 8.JYOTI ASHOK SANGADE

  9. 9.WAKCHAURE MEENAKSHI MADHAV

  10. 10.MOHAMMED ZUBAIR MOHAMMED

  11. 11.MAHENDRA MOTIRM BADODE

  12. 12.ATUL MADHUKAR KOTHE

  13. 13.SANDHYA GANPATRAO GARJE

  14. 14.DHANRAJ SHRIKISHAN DHIMDHIME

  15. 15.ARJUN VYANKATI MUNDE

  16. 16.BHAUSAHEB RAJENDRA DIDUL

  17. 17.JADHAV PRATIKSHA VASANTRAO

  18. 18.SANTOSH VISHNU WAGHCHAURE

  19. 19.DHAITIDAK GANESH RAOSAHEB

  20. 20.MANJUSHRI RAMDAS GHARDE

  21. 21.SARIKA AVINASH AHIRE ALIAS SARIKA UTTAM NIKAM

  22. 22.PRAVIN BHASKAR KALE

  23. 23.KISHOR SUBHASH JADHAO

  24. 24.SUNIL SHRIRAM MORE

  25. 25.PRADIP BHIMRAO KANKAL

  26. 26.SHARAD RAMSAHANKAR BODANE

  27. 27.PRAKASH DHARMA SHISODE

  28. 28.DNYANESHWAR SITARAM SONAWANE

  29. 29.ATHARE PALLAVI PRALHAD

  30. 30.ASHOK CHHAGAN TARDE

  31. 31.NAYANA CHANDRKANT BURKULE

  32. 32.ASHAVINI VITTHALRAO DEVARE

  33. 33.AVINASH JANARDHAN BHOWARE

  34. 34.TUKADYA GANPATI KOSARE

  35. 35.RAJENDRAKUMAR NAMDEO ADE

  36. 36.ANITA SHRAWAN KAMDI

  37. 37.SACHIN YASHWANT MORE

  38. 38.RAMESH ABIMAN BORSE

  39. 39.PRIYANKA SUBHASH KUMAVAT

  40. 40.DEVIDAS KASHINATH PATIL

  41. 41.RAKESH RAMESH PATIL

  42. 42.VIJAY RAMESH GOSAVI

  43. 43.RAJENDRA SHANTARAM SHINDE

  44. 44.GOKUL GANPAT HADAP

  45. 45.DEVANAND YASHWANT WAGH

  46. 46.SAROJANA GANGADHARRAO YEDPALWAR

  47. 47.BHAGWAN UTTAMRAO MUNDHE

  48. 48.KIRAN JIBHAU MOHITE

  49. 49.GOPATWAD SHANKAR SAYANNA

  50. 50.LAXMAN GOVINDRAO KONDEKAR

  51. 51.PRADEEP RAMCHANDRA SHINDE

  52. 52.VAISHALI MADHUKAR WAGH

  53. 53.ASHVINI ROHIDAS RAJBANSHI

  54. 54.ROHIDAS SHANKAR PALVI

  55. 55.SANDEEP BHARATSING JADHAV

  56. 56.SANDEEP SAKHARAM GITE

  57. 57.SANJAY SHANKAR GANGURDE

  58. 58.SANTOSH MURLIDHAR GANGURDE

  59. 59.SANDIP MANOHAR PAWAR

  60. 60.CHANDRAKALA SHANTARAM PATIL

  61. 61.NAGNATH KISAN GOSAVI

  62. 62.KIRAN DILIP KOLHE

  63. 63.VARSHA LAXMAN SABLE

  64. 64.GAMBHIRANAND GUNDERAO MADANE

  65. 65.KETAKI SUNIL YADAV ALIAS KETAKI ANIL GAVALI

  66. 66.BHIMRAO HARIBHAU PADALKAR

  67. 67.RAJARAM RAGHUNATH KOLI

  68. 68.NANGARE NEETA BAPURAO

  69. 69.ULHAS DILIPRAO RATHOD

  70. 70.PRAFUL MAHADEO CHIKHALKAR

  71. 71.SUNIL NAMDEORAO MUNDE

  72. 72.JITENDRA NARAYANRAO LAKDE

  73. 73.ANUP ASHOK BAKKIWAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA SCHOOL EDUCATION AND SPORTS DEPT.

  2. 2.THE MAHARASHTRA STATE EXEAMINATION COUNCIL

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 26-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge,hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. MantriView PDF

    Summary The Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by 73 teachers challenging the Maharashtra State Examination Council's cancellation of one question (appearing in four different test paper sets) from a Teacher Eligibility Test examination. The court held that the question cancellation was valid under Instruction No. 5 of the test rules, as the Marathi version contradicted the English version (asking for opposite answers), and that the Council acted within its authority following precedent set in *Ran Vijay Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh*, which grants examination authorities discretion to cancel defective questions uniformly affecting all candidates. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 09-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge,hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. MantriView PDF

  4. 09-Mar-2026

    Urgent Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. Mantri

  5. 27-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge,hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. MantriView PDF

  6. 27-Feb-2026

    Fresh Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. Mantri

  7. 23-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge,hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. MantriView PDF

  8. 23-Feb-2026

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  9. 16-Feb-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/2451/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by 73 teachers challenging the Maharashtra State Examination Council's cancellation of one question (appearing in four different test paper sets) from a Teacher Eligibility Test examination. The court held that the question cancellation was valid under Instruction No. 5 of the test rules, as the Marathi version contradicted the English version (asking for opposite answers), and that the Council acted within its authority following precedent set in *Ran Vijay Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh*, which grants examination authorities discretion to cancel defective questions uniformly affecting all candidates. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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