SHRI. DATTATRAY SHAMRAO MOHITE -, ,AARYA AMBULKAR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGHER EDU. DEPT. AND ORS. Advocate - AMIT B BORKAR, R.NO. 5,R.NO. 6 AND 7,Shrikrishna Ganbavale — WP/1744/2017

Case under Mah. Universities Act, 1994. Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 09-Feb-2017

CNR: HCBM070404622016

Filing Number

WP/26993/2016

Filing Date

28-Sep-2016

Registration No

WP/1744/2017

Registration Date

08-Feb-2017

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale

Bench Type

Division

Category

MAT ( 35 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 17-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Mah. Universities Act, 1994

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SHRI. DATTATRAY SHAMRAO MOHITE -, ,AARYA AMBULKAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGHER EDU. DEPT. AND ORS. Advocate - AMIT B BORKAR, R.NO. 5,R.NO. 6 AND 7,Shrikrishna Ganbavale

  2. 2.THE DIRECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, PUNE

  3. 3.THE REGIONAL JOINT DIRECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION KOLHAPUR REGION.

  4. 4.THE UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION, NEW DELHI

  5. 5.SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY, THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, KOLHAPUR

    Adv. VIKRAM N. WALAWALKAR

  6. 6.SWAMI VIVEKANAND SHIKSHAN SANSTHA AN EDUCATIONAL TRUST,

  7. 7.SMT. MEENALBEN MEHTA COLLEGE, PANCHGANI THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare,hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja BhonsaleView PDF

    The Bombay High Court (Kolhapur Circuit Bench) found that the educational institution management (respondents 6 and 7) and respondent 5 failed to discharge their duties. The court treated the writ petition as a formal complaint to be addressed by the Grievance Committee under Section 79 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016, with a three-month deadline for resolution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 06-May-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale

  4. 27-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare,hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja BhonsaleView PDF

  5. 27-Apr-2026

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale

  6. 15-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Anil Laxman Pansare,hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja BhonsaleView PDF

  7. 15-Apr-2026

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale

  8. 17-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi,hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja BhonsaleView PDF

  9. 17-Mar-2026

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ajit B. Kadethankar

  10. 13-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik,hon'ble Shri Justice Ajit B. KadethankarView PDF

  11. 13-Nov-2025

    Fresh Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ajit B. Kadethankar

  12. 19-Jun-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe

  13. 15-Apr-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge,hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. BhobeView PDF

  14. 15-Apr-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe

  15. 17-Feb-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge,hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. BhobeView PDF

  16. 18-Sep-2024

    For Direction

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin Jamdar

  17. 09-Sep-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye,hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin JamdarView PDF

  18. 09-Sep-2024

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin Jamdar

  19. 03-Sep-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye,hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin JamdarView PDF

  20. 03-Sep-2024

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin Jamdar

  21. 07-Aug-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye,hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin JamdarView PDF

  22. 07-Aug-2024

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye , Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin Jamdar

  23. 12-Jul-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye,hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin JamdarView PDF

  24. 02-May-2023

    Due Admission - 2

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale , Hon'ble Shri Justice G.S. Patel

  25. 29-Mar-2023

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale,hon'ble Shri Justice G.S. PatelView PDF

  26. 29-Mar-2023

    For Direction

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale , Hon'ble Shri Justice G.S. Patel

  27. 27-Feb-2023

    Hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar Gokhale,hon'ble Shri Justice G.S. PatelView PDF

  28. 06-Apr-2022

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sunil B. Shukre,hon'ble Shri Justice G. A. SanapView PDF

  29. 16-Jun-2021

    Petition For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin Jamdar , Hon'ble Shri Justice C.V. Bhadang

  30. 10-Mar-2021

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. Gupte , Hon'ble Shri Justice Surendra Pandharinath Tavade

  31. 23-Feb-2021

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. Gupte,hon'ble Shri Justice Surendra Pandharinath TavadeView PDF

  32. 23-Feb-2021

    Due Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. Gupte , Hon'ble Shri Justice Surendra Pandharinath Tavade

  33. 17-Feb-2021

    Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. Gupte,hon'ble Shri Justice Surendra Pandharinath TavadeView PDF

  34. 23-Sep-2020

    For Admission -Fresh (Cmis)

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Madhav J. Jamdar , Hon'ble Shri Justice Prasanna B. Varale

  35. 04-Dec-2019

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla,hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. DharmadhikariView PDF

  36. 04-Dec-2019

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla , Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari

  37. 25-Nov-2019

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla,hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. DharmadhikariView PDF

  38. 25-Nov-2019

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla , Hon'ble Shri Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari

  39. 16-Apr-2019

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu,hon'ble Shri Justice B.R. GavaiView PDF

  40. 16-Apr-2019

    For Circulation CIVIL Side

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu , Hon'ble Shri Justice B.R. Gavai

  41. 12-Jul-2017

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla,hon'ble Shri Justice B.R. GavaiView PDF

  42. 12-Jul-2017

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla , Hon'ble Shri Justice B.R. Gavai

  43. 13-Jun-2017

    Registrar (Judicial - Iwp)View PDF

  44. 13-Jun-2017

    For Orders

    Registrar (Judicial - Iwp)

  45. 21-Mar-2017

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Prakash D. Naik,hon'ble Shri Justice Shantanu S. KemkarView PDF

  46. 21-Mar-2017

    Order Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Prakash D. Naik , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shantanu S. Kemkar

  47. 09-Feb-2017

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Prakash D. Naik,hon'ble Shri Justice Shantanu S. KemkarView PDF

  48. 09-Feb-2017

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  49. 28-Sep-2016

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/1744/2017

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court (Kolhapur Circuit Bench) found that the educational institution management (respondents 6 and 7) and respondent 5 failed to discharge their duties. The court treated the writ petition as a formal complaint to be addressed by the Grievance Committee under Section 79 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016, with a three-month deadline for resolution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

Explore other courts

District Courts Supreme Court
Search Another Case