Ravindra Sahebrao Patil, vs Ranjit Singh Deol — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ravindra Sahebrao Patil, vs Ranjit Singh Deol — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim compliance directions: learned A.G.P. to forward copies of additional affidavits of arrears of salary to the Deputy Director of Education the same day; arrears of salary (as per the Education Officer's bill) of petitioners who have filed additional affidavits to be cleared within two weeks, failing which respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to remain present virtually on the next date; petitioners yet to submit additional affidavits to do so within two weeks, for onward forwarding to the Deputy Director of Education; matters stood over to 02.09.2025.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents have complied with the direction to clear the arrears of salary of the petitioners, and whether the additional affidavits of arrears of salary submitted by the petitioners are being forwarded and processed by the education authorities.

Court's answer

The Court stated it was unable to understand why matters in which petitioners had already submitted their additional affidavits of arrears of salary were not forwarded, and directed the learned A.G.P. to forward the copies of such additional affidavits to the Deputy Director of Education the same day.

Ratio / Principle

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

Key takeaways

In matters where the additional affidavits of arrears of salary have not been given to the learned A.G.P., the petitioners shall furnish them within two weeks; on receipt, the affidavits shall be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education.ratio¶108
The matters were ordered to stand over to 02.09.2025.ratio¶109

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interim compliance order dated 19.08.2025 of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad (Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Sandipkumar C. More, JJ.) in a batch of contempt petitions, lead matter CONT. PETITION NO. 568 OF 2017 IN WP/10677/2016 (Deepali Nanasaheb Pawar and others v. The State of Maharashtra and others), concerning non-clearance of arrears of salary. By earlier order dated 24.06.2025 four weeks had been granted to the respondents to clear the arrears. Noting that additional affidavits of arrears of salary already submitted by some petitioners had not been sent onward, the Court directed the learned A.G.P. to forward copies to the Deputy Director of Education the same day; gave petitioners two weeks to submit pending additional affidavits; directed that if the arrears per the Education Officer's bill were not cleared within two weeks, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 must remain present virtually on the next date; and stood the matters over to 02.09.2025.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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

DEEPALI NANASAHEB PAWAR AND OTHERS VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

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

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

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

WITH

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

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

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

WITH

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

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

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

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WITH

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

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

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CONT. PETITION NO. 542 OF 2025

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

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

WITH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CONT. PETITION NO. 1064 OF 2024

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IN CP/264/2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DATED : 19^th AUGUST, 2025

ORDER:-

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stand over to 02.09.2025.

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

Y.S. Kulkarni