Smt. Vijaya Vilas Dhaigude v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Its Secretary Finance Dept. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Rayat Shikshan Sanstha; assistant teachers; temporary/clock-hour basis (CHB); lumpsum; ad-hoc; Consent Terms dated 13/09/2021; Writ Petition No. 2549 of 2018; combined/common seniority list of 1626 (952 CHB + 654 temporary/lumpsum); non-petitioners; Education Officer/Dy. Director approval proposals; 610 proposals (274 approved / 336 rejected); 1144 and 1481 aided vacancies; 814 Pavitra Portal posts; unaided-to-aided transfer; Rule 41A(1)(c) and Rule 41A(1)(d) MEPS Rules 2020; Rule 12 and Schedule F category 'C', Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1981; notification dated 24/03/2023; judgment in PIL No. 8 of 2015 as cut-off; regularization; single member committee; Hon'ble Justice Rajesh G. Ketkar (retd.); report by 31/05/2026; MEPS Act; MEPS Rules 1981; disposal by reference; liberty to seek legal redressal.
What did the court decide?
Disposal of all Writ Petitions and pending Civil/Interim Applications by consensual reference of the claims of all Petitioners and similarly situated employees to a Single Member Committee of Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh G. Ketkar (retired Judge, Bombay High Court) under framed Terms of Reference (a)-(j), with Committee report sought preferably by 31st May, 2026 (extension only by a single Interim Application in the first Petition), implementation by the Management and consequential orders by the State under the MEPS Act and MEPS Rules, 1981, and liberty preserved to aggrieved parties to seek redressal thereafter.