Smt. Swapnaja Laxmiprasad Mohite v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Secretary Finance Dept. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Interim common order, Bombay High Court, 13 February 2025; Writ Petition Nos. 18472, 18473, 18474 of 2024 and Writ Petition (ST) No. 24540 of 2021; petitioners Abasaheb s/o Tukaram Karande, Smt. Swapnaja Laxmiprasad Mohite, Vitthal s/o Pitambar Bile, Shivaji s/o Pandurang Chavan; respondents State of Maharashtra & Ors.; leave to implead Management as Respondent No.5 granted; objection by learned AGPs to applicability of judgment dated 1 October 2024 in W.P. No.4748 of 2019 (Nilesh s/o Namdev Gurav) left open; notice returnable 19 March 2025; service waived by AGPs P.P. Kakade, P.N. Diwan, V.M. Mali; affidavits in reply ten days before returnable date; bench Ravindra V. Ghuge and Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ.; counsel Arvind Ambetkar.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions only: (i) leave granted to add the Management as Respondent No.5, addition with proper address to be carried out forthwith; (ii) notice to the Respondents returnable on 19th March, 2025, with the learned AGPs waiving service on behalf of Respondent Nos.1 to 4; (iii) affidavits in reply to be filed at least ten days prior to the returnable date. The writ petitions themselves were not finally adjudicated.