PRAJAKTA ANAND MISTRI AND OTHERS vs UNION OF INDIA, THR. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS (MHA), NEW DELHI AND ORS. — CAW/1165/2026

Case under Other Act Section 00. Disposed: --C.A. Disposed off on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 03-Jun-2026

CNR: HCBM040158482026

Filing Number

CAW/10768/2026

Filing Date

06-May-2026

Registration No

CAW/1165/2026

Registration Date

06-May-2026

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil S. Kilor , Hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. Wakode

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil S. Kilor , Hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. Wakode

Bench Type

Division

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--C.A. Disposed off

Last updated 18-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Other Act Section 00

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.PRAJAKTA ANAND MISTRI AND OTHERS

    Adv. T. D. MANDLEKAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA, THR. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS (MHA), NEW DELHI AND ORS.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 03-Jun-2026

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  3. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil S. Kilor,hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. WakodeView PDF

    The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) granted interim relief to petitioners—an education society running an unaided minority school—challenging their appointment as Census Enumerators and Supervisors for Census 2027. The court found that under the Census Act, 1948, only government staff and local authority employees can be requisitioned for census work, and private school employees cannot be compulsorily appointed. The court held the Charge Officer's communication directing the school to provide employee information for census work appeared prima facie contrary to legal provisions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 06-May-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. CAW/1165/2026

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) granted interim relief to petitioners—an education society running an unaided minority school—challenging their appointment as Census Enumerators and Supervisors for Census 2027. The court found that under the Census Act, 1948, only government staff and local authority employees can be requisitioned for census work, and private school employees cannot be compulsorily appointed. The court held the Charge Officer's communication directing the school to provide employee information for census work appeared prima facie contrary to legal provisions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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