Smt Manasi Sudhir Mane alias Aruna Yaswant Patil v. Shri Eknath S Ambokar Education Officer Secondary

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Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction; Coram Ravindra V. Ghuge & Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ.; order dated 16.07.2025 in Contempt Petitions Nos. 348, 349, 352, 353, 358, 359, 360, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 383 and 452 of 2025 arising out of Writ Petitions Nos. 2162, 2168, 2137, 9242, 8994, 2052, 13081, 2133, 2134, 2126, 2129, 2121, 2155, 2147, 2150, 3770, 8990, 2135, 2742, 2120 and 6137 (of 2021/2022/2025 as printed). Subject: enforcement of writ directions dated 11.04.2022 on the Old Pension Scheme (Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982; Maharashtra Civil Services (Computation of Pensions) Rules-1984; General Provident Fund Scheme) vis-a-vis DCPS/NPS salary deductions; alleged refusal of hearing by the Education Officer (Secondary) and Deputy Director of Education despite fixation of hearing on 18.04.2022; unconditional oral apology by State counsel; no notice issued; matters disposed; last opportunity — appearance on 01.08.2025 (Kolhapur/Ratnagiri/Nashik), reasoned orders by 31.08.2025, communication of pending decisions within 15 days. Individual respondents: Bhausaheb B. Chavhan; Mahesh J. Chothe / Mahesh Jagannath Chothe (/Chote); Eknath S. Ambokar; State of Maharashtra through Addl. GP/AGPs. Petitioners' counsel: Arvind G. Ambetkar with Sandeep Gupta. Keywords: civil contempt, disobedience, old pension scheme, OPS, NPS, DCPS, GPF, refund, Maharashtra, education department, apology, conditional leniency.