Schedule of Interview for Promotion to District Judge in Maharashtra 2024

This notice provides the schedule of Interview/Viva-voce for promotion to the posts of District Judge by Regular promotion (65%), and/or Ad-hoc District Judge under the Fast Track Courts' Scheme in the State of Maharashtra.

Following Judicial Officers are requested to be present for the Interview/Viva-voce on the dates mentioned at the office of the Registrar General, High Court, 4th Floor, Annex Building, Mumbai- 400 032.

The Judicial Officers must report at the office of the Registrar General half an hour before the scheduled time of their Interview/Viva-voce.

Interview Schedule: 12th March, 2026 (Thursday), from 4.00 p.m. onwards

Sr. No.	Name	Posting	Station	District	For the post of
1	Smt. Rahimat Kondekhan Shaikh	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Kaij	Beed	D.J.
2	Shri Ashutosh Sudhakarrao Bhagwat	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Thane	D.J.
3	Shri Laxmikant Anantrao Bidwai	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Khamgaon	Buldhana	D.J.
4	Shri Avinash Panditrao Kulkarni	Adhoc Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge		Mumbai	D.J.
5	Smt. Reshmita Janardhan Rai	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge		Nagpur	D.J.
6	Shri Gautam Ganpatrao Bharne	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge		Parbhani	D.J.
7	Shri Shankar Babu Pawar	Civil Judge, Senior Division		Jalgaon	D.J. / Adhoc D.J.
8	Shri Suresh Sitaram Ghorpade	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge		Beed	D.J.
9	Shri Dajala Tedgya Vasave	Civil Judge, Senior Division	Amalner	Jalgaon	D.J. / Adhoc D.J.
10	Shri Dinesh Bhaurao Bangde	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Basmatnagar	Hingoli	D.J.
11	Shri Laxman Deoram Gaikwad	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Amalner	Jalgaon	D.J.
12	Smt. Surekha Rajaram Patil	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Baramati	Pune	D.J.
13	Shri Sajid Arif Syed	Member Motor Accident Claims Tribunal		Nagpur	D.J.
14	Smt. Sonali Nalin Shah	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Pusad	Yavatmal	D.J.
15	Shri Mujaffar Raheman Asghar Shaikh	Adhoc Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge		Mumbai	D.J.

Interview Schedule: 13th March, 2026 (Friday), from 4.00 p.m. onwards

Sr. No.	Name	Posting	Station	District	For the post of
16	Shri Dilip Shankarrao Thorat	Adhoc District Judge -2 and Additional Sessions Judge	Basmatnagar	Hingoli	D.J.
17	Shri Shoukat Bapusaheb Desai	Adhoc District Judge -2 and Additional Sessions Judge		Sangli	D.J.
18	Shri Rajendra Jaywant Tambe	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge	Mehkar	Buldhana	D.J.
19	Shri Rajendra Mansing Rathod	Adhoc District Judge -3 and Additional Sessions Judge		Thane	D.J.
20	Smt. Madhura Santosh Kakade	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge		Sangli	D.J.
21	Smt. Sonal Navinchandra Sachdeo	Adhoc Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge	Dindoshi	Mumbai	D.J.
22	Shri Nandakumar Laxman Yeolekar	Adhoc District Judge -1 and Additional Sessions Judge		Osmanabad	D.J.
23	Shri Yunus Md. Hanif Kharadi	Adhoc Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge	Dindoshi	Mumbai	D.J.
24	Smt. Pratibha Prashant Ingale	Presiding Officer School Tribunal		Mumbai	D.J. / Adhoc D.J.
25	Smt. Ashwini Vaibhav Kasture	Adhoc Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge		Mumbai	D.J.
26	Smt. Pratibha Devidasrao More	Civil Judge, Senior Division		Thane	D.J. / Adhoc D.J.
27	Shri Anuj Ramkrishna Kamble	Adhoc Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge	Dindoshi	Mumbai	D.J.

... and so on for all the candidates listed in the document.

Important Note

The Schedule is subject to the outcome of Selection Process-2024 for Accelerated promotion (10%) for the Post of District Judge.

Date: 9th February, 2026

Registrar (Legal & Research)