Vitthal S/O Pitambar Bile v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Secretary Finance Dept. and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court interim order, 13-02-2025, Coram: Ravindra V. Ghuge & Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ., in connected matters WP 18472/2024 (Abasaheb Tukaram Karande), WP 18473/2024 (Swapnaja Laxmiprasad Mohite), WP 18474/2024 (Vitthal Pitambar Bile) and WP(ST) 24540/2021 (Shivaji Pandurang Chavan) v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.; Advocate Arvind Ambetkar for petitioners; AGPs P.P. Kakade, P.N. Diwan and V.M. Mali for Respondent Nos.1-4. Leave to implead the Management as Respondent No.5; notice returnable 19-03-2025 with service waived; reply affidavits due ten days before returnable date. AGPs contended the judgment dated 01-10-2024 in WP 4748/2019 (Nilesh s/o Namdev Gurav, Principal Seat) is inapplicable to these cases; point left open. Merits not decided; no statute cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions only: leave granted to add the Management as Respondent No.5; notice issued to the Respondents returnable on 19th March, 2025, with the learned AGPs waiving service for Respondent Nos.1 to 4; affidavits in reply to be filed at least ten days prior to the returnable date.