Authority: Supreme Court of India

Order Date: 22-08-2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: Pathan BaneKha Noorkha
  • Respondents: Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar Education Society & Ors.
  • Origin: Special Leave Petitions (Civil) Diary No. 42546/2026 arising from impugned final judgment and order dated 02-07-2026 in WP No. 8431/2024 and WP No. 8446/2024 of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad.
  • Interim Applications (IA):
  • IA No. 251036/2026 – Condonation of delay in refiling / curing defects.
  • IA No. 251033/2026 – Exemption from filing copy of the impugned judgment.
  • IA No. 251034/2026 – Exemption from filing other documents.
  • IA No. 251035/2026 – Permission to file additional documents/facts/annexures.
  • Hearing Date: 22-08-2026.
  • Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manmohan.
  • Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. Kunal Cheema (AoR), Mr. Vilas Giri, Adv., Mr. Shubham Chandankhede, Adv., Mr. Raghav Deshpande, Adv.
  • Counsel for Respondent: Mr. Sudhanshu Choudhary, Sr. Adv., Mr. Yash Singhania, Adv., Mr. Deshmukh Adith Satish, AoR.

Order Details

1. Delay in filing the petitions is condoned.

2. After reviewing the material on record, the Court finds no infirmity in the impugned High Court order warranting interference.

3. Consequently, the Special Leave Petitions are dismissed.

4. Post‑dictation, petitioner’s counsel informed the Court that a new Government Resolution (G.R.) had been issued a day prior to the impugned order but could not be brought to the High Court’s notice due to inadvertence.

5. Petitioner's counsel prayed that future recruitments should not be governed by the impugned order.

6. The Court held that the impugned order is confined to the specific recruitment process in question and any future recruitment must adhere to the law prevailing at the relevant point in time.

Final Outcome

  • The Supreme Court condoned the filing delay, upheld the High Court order, and dismissed all Special Leave Petitions, leaving the recruitment dispute resolved as per the original order and affirming that future recruitments will be governed by the law applicable at that future time.

Topics: Legal Decision, Recruitment Law, Court Order