Kiran Suresh Patil v. The Union of India Through its Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt petitions, Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court; non-payment/delayed disbursement of ambulance drivers' salaries by State of Maharashtra; Joint Director Health Services Mumbai communications dated 21.03.2025 and 24.03.2025; Rs.39.19 Crores sanctioned and disbursed; rural hospital drivers' salaries within one week; Zilla Parishad Jalgaon head-of-account mismatch between salary grant head and drivers' working head; statement recorded that petitioners' salaries payable within two weeks; matters stood over to 09.04.2025; interim order, no final decision; coram Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Manjusha Deshpande, JJ.; decided 26 March 2025.
What did the court decide?
Interim only: the Court recorded the Additional Government Pleader's statement that the Petitioners'-ambulance drivers' salaries would be disbursed within two weeks and stood the matters over to 9th April 2025; no final relief was adjudicated.