Bedke Sachin Bhagwat vs Ranjit Singh Deol — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Bedke Sachin Bhagwat vs Ranjit Singh Deol — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim compliance directions issued: A.G.P. to forward additional affidavits of arrears of salary already submitted to the Deputy Director of Education the same day; petitioners yet to furnish such affidavits to do so within two weeks, whereupon they are to be forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education; if arrears are not cleared within two weeks, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to remain virtually present on the next date; matters stand over to 02.09.2025.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents have cleared the arrears of salary of the petitioners as directed, and why the additional affidavits of arrears of salary already submitted by petitioners have not been forwarded to the Deputy Director of Education for processing.

Court's answer

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

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

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

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Sandipkumar C. More, JJ.), order dated 19.08.2025 in a batch of contempt petitions (lead: Contempt Petition No. 568 of 2017 in W.P. 10677/2016, Deepali Nanasaheb Pawar v. State of Maharashtra) concerning non-clearance of arrears of salary. By earlier order dated 24.06.2025 the respondents had been granted four weeks to clear the arrears. The learned A.G.P. stated that in some matters the additional affidavits of arrears of salary had not been received and hence had not been sent to the Deputy Director of Education. The Court, observing it could not understand why affidavits already submitted had not been forwarded, directed the A.G.P. to forward them to the Deputy Director of Education the same day; directed petitioners who had not furnished additional affidavits to give them within two weeks, for onward transmission to the Deputy Director of Education; and directed that if the arrears of petitioners who had already filed such affidavits were not cleared within two weeks, respondent Nos. 1 to 3 shall virtually remain present on the next date. Matters stand 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

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

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

WITH

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

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

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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