Sandip Shivajirao Patil v. The State of Maharashtra

Bombay HC20 Mar 2025CP/1068/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

Contempt petitions; non-payment of arrears of salary; additional affidavits of arrears of salary; Deputy Director of Education; bill forwarded by Education Officer; pay scale; respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to remain virtually present; learned A.G.P.; State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; interim directions; stand over to 02.09.2025.

What did the court decide?

Interim directions issued: additional affidavits of arrears of salary to be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education the same day; petitioners yet to file such affidavits to file them within two weeks; if arrears are not cleared within two weeks, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to remain virtually present on the next date; matter stand over to 02.09.2025. ¶¶109

Sandip Shivajirao Patil vs The State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents have cleared the arrears of salary of the petitioners and whether the additional affidavits of arrears of salary submitted by the petitioners have been forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education for processing.

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Court's answer

The Court directed that, the same day, the learned A.G.P. shall forward to the Deputy Director of Education the copies of the additional affidavits of arrears of salary already submitted by the petitioners.

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Ratio / Principle

If the arrears of salary of the petitioners, as per the bill forwarded by the Education Officer, are not cleared within two weeks in the case of petitioners who have already filed additional affidavits of arrears of salary as per the pay scale, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 shall remain virtually present on the next date.

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Key takeaways

Petitioners who have not yet given their additional affidavits of arrears of salary to the learned A.G.P. shall give the same within two weeks, and on receipt those affidavits are to be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education.ratio¶¶108

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Bench at Aurangabad (Coram: Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Sandipkumar C. More, JJ.), interim order dated 19th August 2025 in a batch of contempt petitions, lead matter Contempt Petition No. 568 of 2017 in WP/10677/2016 (Deepali Nanasaheb Pawar and Others v. The State of Maharashtra and Others), concerning clearance of the petitioners' arrears of salary. By order dated 24th June 2025 the respondents had been given four weeks to clear the arrears. Noting that additional affidavits of arrears of salary already submitted by petitioners had not been sent to the Deputy Director of Education, the Court directed the learned A.G.P. to forward them the same day; petitioners who had not filed such affidavits were to file them within two weeks, whereafter they were to be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education; and if the arrears, as per the bills forwarded by the Education Officer, of petitioners who had filed affidavits were not cleared within two weeks, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 were to remain virtually present on the next date. Matter stand over to 02.09.2025.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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CONT. PETITION NO. 568 OF 2017 IN WP/10677/2016

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DEEPALI NANASAHEB PAWAR AND OTHERS VERSUS

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THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

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Advocate for the Petitioner Nos. 1 to 10 : Mr. V.S. Panpatte AGP for Respondent/State: Mr. S. J. Salgare

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 21 OF 2024 IN CP/781/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 23 OF 2024 IN CP/782/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 22 OF 2024 IN CP/783/2018

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WITH

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CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4008 OF 2023 IN CP/264/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 255 OF 2024 IN WP/1030/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 267 OF 2024 IN WP/8862/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 198 OF 2023 IN CP/114/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 199 OF 2023 IN CP/115/2018

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WITH

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(2)

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CONT. PETITION NO. 363 OF 2024 IN WP/2274/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 368 OF 2024 IN WP/2273/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 223 OF 2023 IN WP/892/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 403 OF 2024 IN WP/8509/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 404 OF 2024 IN WP/10162/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 406 OF 2024 IN WP/4038/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 451 OF 2024 IN CP/251/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 452 OF 2024 IN CP/250/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 453 OF 2024 IN CP/251/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 454 OF 2024 IN CP/254/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 599 OF 2022 IN WP/923/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 600 OF 2022 IN WP/3961/2016

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(3)

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 603 OF 2022 IN WP/3962/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 596 OF 2022 IN WP/10817/2015

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 542 OF 2025

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 926 OF 2024 IN WP/5179/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 924 OF 2024 IN WP/1030/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 913 OF 2024 IN WP/5272/2016

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 123 OF 2025 IN CP/264/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 763 OF 2023 IN CP/631/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 912 OF 2023 IN CP/745/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 916 OF 2023 IN CP/114/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 913 OF 2023 IN CP/114/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 1064 OF 2024

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(4)

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IN CP/264/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 1066 OF 2024 IN CP/264/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 1068 OF 2024 IN CP/264/2017

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 917 OF 2023 IN CP/746/2018

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 938 OF 2023 IN WP/8375/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 941 OF 2023 IN WP/8840/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 939 OF 2023 IN WP/6097/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 940 OF 2023 IN WP/8891/2022

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WITH

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CONT. PETITION NO. 235 OF 2024 IN CP/282/2018

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CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, JJ.

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DATED : 19^th AUGUST, 2025

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ORDER:-

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By order dated 24th June 2025, four weeks’ time was granted to the respondents to clear the arrears of the petitioners,

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(5)

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failing which respondent Nos. 1 to 3 were directed to remain present today virtually.

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Learned A.G.P. states that in some of the matters additional affidavit of arrears of salary amount are not received, and therefore, they are not sent to the Deputy Director of Education. He submits that, after all the petitioners have submitted their additional affidavits of arrears of salary, the same will be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education.

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We are unable to understand as to why the matters in which petitioners have already submitted their additional affidavits of arrears of salary are not forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education for processing it. Today itself, the learned A.G.P. shall forward the copies of additional affidavits of arrears of salary submitted by the petitioners, to the Deputy Director of Education.

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If the arrears of salary of the petitioners as per the bill forwarded by the Education Officer are not cleared in case of the petitioners, who have already filed additional affidavits of arrears of salary as per the pay scale within two weeks from today, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 shall virtually remain present on the next date.

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The matters in which additional affidavits of arrears of

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salary are not given to the learned A.G.P., the petitioners shall give the same within two weeks from today. On receipt of those additional affidavits, the same be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education.

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Stand over to 02.09.2025.

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( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE ) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI ) JUDGE JUDGE

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Y.S. Kulkarni

Sandip Shivajirao Patil v. The State of Maharashtra

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