This Court had
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stayed the operation of the said order for some time to enable the
Petitioners to approach the Hon'ble Supreme Court which directed
status-quo to be maintained in Special Leave to Appeal
No.8300/2021 (Priti Ravindra Warghante Vs. The State of
Maharashtra and Others).
This Court had
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stayed the operation of the said order for some time to enable the
Petitioners to approach the Hon'ble Supreme Court which directed
status-quo to be maintained in Special Leave to Appeal
No.8300/2021 (Priti Ravindra Warghante Vs. The State of
Maharashtra and Others).
12. Considering the continuous filing of Petitions
by Petitioners who are similarly situated, we deem
it appropriate to record that the managements
would not appoint teachers who do not have the
TET/CTET qualifications until the decision of the
Hon'ble Supreme Court, in Special Leave to
Appeal (Civil) No.8300 of 2021 (Priti Ravindra
Warghante and Ors. Vs State of Maharashtra and
Ors.). The relief being granted vide this order,
would be made applicable prospectively.
2. Learned Counsel for the Petitioners invited our
attention to the order dated 5th July 2021 passed by the
Hon'ble Supreme Court in case of Priti & Ors. Vs. The State of
Maharashtra & Ors.1 and submits that status quo against the
judgment of Aurangabad Bench passed on 11th June 2021 in
1 Special Leave to Appeal No. 8300 of 2021 and other connected matters.
3. Mr. Rajpurohit, learned counsel for the respondent No.2 invited
our attention to the order passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 5th July
2021 in Special Leave to Appeal No.8300 of 2021 filed by Priti and Others
v/s The State of Maharashtra and Others and would submit that the
Hon'ble Supreme Court passed an order of status-quo in the meanwhile,
directing that the matter be heard on 6th August 2021 i.e. the returnable date.
6. The learned Advocate for the petitioner states that the issue
raised in the petition is pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court
vide Special Leave Petition No. 8300 of 2021 ( Priti and others
versus The State of Maharashtra and others ) and other connected
matters, in which, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has granted order
of status quo as prevailing on the date of said order. The said
Special Leave Petition is still pending.