Tejrao Narayan Chavan v. State of Maharashtra through Secretary Department of Urban Development, Mumbai and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Absorption of Gram Panchayat 'Safai Kamgar' in successor Nagar Panchayat after conversion of Gram Panchayat, Barshitakli into Nagar Panchayat on 01.08.2015; claim to post of Mokaddam with pay-scale benefits; alleged interpolation in Gram Panchayat resolution dated 26.03.2002 conferring permanence; inspection of original resolution register; proposal/employee chart lacking date of appointment and permanence resolution; burden on employee to show undisputed permanence; denial of absorption by respondent No.3 upheld; discontinuation on attaining age 58; daily wager versus permanent employee; liberty to seek Civil Court declaration on genuineness of resolution followed by representation for absorption; writ petition dismissed, no costs; Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench, 2025.
What did the court decide?
No relief on merits. Liberty reserved to the petitioner to approach the Civil Court to prove by evidence that the resolution dated 26.03.2002 has no interpolation, and, if such declaration is granted, to make a representation to respondent No.3 for consideration of absorption. No order as to costs; pending applications, if any, disposed of.