Jitendra Manohar Padalkar v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court, in a writ petition, directed the State to initiate salary payment for respondents. Officers tendered apologies and explanations. The Court, accepting the apology, chose not to initiate contempt proceedings and ordered salary release within eight weeks.
What did the court decide?
Salary grant to be released within eight weeks of paper submission; no contempt proceedings initiated.