HC withdraws 'interim order’ related to TET

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising Justice Kishor Sant and Justice Sushil Ghodeswar, on Monday withdrew the interim order dated February 20, 2026, related to Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (MahaTET ) issued in petitions concerning the demand for inclusion of names in the teachers' promotion list.

Actions taken pursuant to that order were also declared invalid by the court. The petitioners were granted liberty to approach the appropriate bench for relief.

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What was interim order?

Petitions were filed before the HC bench by Raghunath Zhaware and others and Dhansingh Rajput and Others against the State Government. Since the regular bench was not available, the matter was heard by a temporary bench on February 20. Citing an order from the Nagpur Bench, interim relief was granted to the petitioners, and subsequent proceedings had also commenced accordingly.

However, during Monday's further hearing, the court noted that the petitioners in the Nagpur case were teachers who had already qualified TET, whereas the petitioners before the Aurangabad Bench had not yet obtained TET qualification. This made it clear that the two cases were fundamentally different.

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Serious objection by Govt pleader

Assistant Government Pleader S J Salgare, appearing on behalf of the State Government, raised a serious objection during Monday's hearing, alleging that the petitioners had misled the court by relying on the Nagpur case to obtain interim relief.

He requested the court to impose costs on the petitioners. Following this objection, the petitioners' counsel apologised to the court for "making statements without properly verifying the facts of the Nagpur petition."

Taking note of the lawyer's apology, the court clarified that there was no need to impose costs. Adv V B Kulkarni (through Adv. Shantanu Deshpande) and adv S R. Dheple appeared for the respondents, while adv N P Ghanwat and adv B S Doifode appeared for the petitioners.