Sayajirao Baliram Waghmare v. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court contempt petitions batch CP 554-565/2024 and CP 269/2024; petitioners v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. incl. Respondent No.5 Solapur ZP; contemnor CEO of Solapur Zilla Parishad; grievance: delay in paying monthly salaries pursuant to earlier writ-jurisdiction orders; simple notice dated (as printed) 14-10-2025; Addl. G.P. tendered apology for Respondent Nos.1-4 citing change in administration and paucity of funds; assurance of redressal within 45 days; petitioners satisfied; Court disposed of petitions on 25-02-2025 recording that future non-compliance forcing fresh contempt petitions would be treated as aggravated contempt; Coram Ravindra V. Ghuge & Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ.; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
All thirteen Contempt Petitions disposed of on the Additional Government Pleader's statement on instructions that the Petitioners' grievance (implementation of the earlier orders for payment of monthly salaries) would be redressed within 45 days; the Court additionally recorded that failure to honour the statement, compelling fresh Contempt Petitions, would result in the conduct of the concerned Officers being treated as acts amounting to aggravated contempt.